"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-east London, had admitted her murder on the seventh day of his trial after an expert no longer supported his claim of diminished responsibility. Jurors in his trial were not told that March had been convicted of murder before. March was aged 21 when he fatally stabbed 17-year-old Andre Drummond in the neck at a McDonald's restaurant in Denmark Hill, south London, in January 2000."
"The court was told Ms Odysseos knew about March's murder conviction and safeguarding checks had been made by probation services. But when the defendant said their relationship had ended amicably, no further checks were made. Hours before killing Ms Odysseos, March had argued with about whether to abort their unborn child, with the victim heard to say: I don't want to kill my baby."
Alana Odysseos, 32, was in early pregnancy with her third child when Shaine March killed her at her Walthamstow home on 22 July 2024. March, 47, admitted the murder after an expert withdrew support for his diminished responsibility claim. Jurors were not told of his 2000 conviction for killing 17-year-old Andre Drummond. He had been released on a life licence, recalled in 2013 after stamping a pregnant girlfriend, and released again in 2018. Probation checks stopped when March said the relationship had ended amicably. Hours before the killing they argued about aborting the unborn child; the victim said, 'I don't want to kill my baby.' Mr Justice Murray sentenced March to life with a 42-year minimum term; a whole life order was rejected.
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