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Shaine March: Man who stabbed pregnant girlfriend to death after release for teen's murder jailed
Shaine March, previously convicted of murder, was sentenced to life with a 42-year minimum term after stabbing his pregnant girlfriend 19 times following a dispute over abortion.
- On Friday, Shaine March was jailed for life after admitting the murder of Alana Odysseos; he appeared via videolink at the Old Bailey and refused to face her family in person.
- The couple had argued hours before the killing about whether to abort their unborn child, with Alana Odysseos heard saying `I don't want to kill my baby.`
- After the attack, members of the public in Lynnmouth Road found Ms Odysseos bleeding outside her home, shouting `Shaine stabbed me, he stabbed me,` and she died from multiple stab wounds; March left a voice note saying `Mum, I just killed a woman, and I'm going back to jail.`
- March's criminal history shows he was convicted of killing Andre Drummond, 17 in 2000 at age 21, released on licence in 2013, recalled after assault, then freed again in 2018; Mr Justice Murray lifted reporting restrictions.
- Alana's mother said Karen Cronin called March `evil and a coward` and campaigners demanded accountability, insisting `He should never be let out.
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‘Evil’ double murderer jailed for fatal stabbing of pregnant girlfriend
Shaine March stabbed Alana Odysseos to death in July 2024. An “evil” double murderer who stabbed and slashed his pregnant girlfriend 23 times after being released from prison on licence has been jailed for at least 42 years. Alana Odysseos, 32, was in the early stages of pregnancy with her third child when she was murdered by “lifer” Shaine March at her home in Walthamstow, east London, early on July 22 2024. March, 47, of Surrey Quays, south-ea…
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