Sunday, October 19, 2025 - A pregnant woman was brutally stabbed to d3ath by her violent and controlling boyfriend, a convicted killer who had already served a life sentence for a previous murder.
32-year-old Alana Odysseos, who was in the early stages of
pregnancy with her third child, was attacked by 47-year-old “lifer” Shaine
March at her home in Walthamstow, east London, in the early hours of July 22,
2024.
March, who had initially admitted manslaughter by diminished
responsibility, dramatically changed his plea to murder during his trial at the
Old Bailey.
It has now been revealed that March was just 21 years old
when he fatally stabbed 17-year-old Andre Drummond in the neck during an
altercation at a McDonald’s restaurant in January 2000. He was convicted of
that murder later the same year and jailed for life.
After being released on licence in 2013, March was recalled
to prison later that year for assaulting another partner before being released
again in 2018
He began a relationship with Alana in early 2024, a
relationship that quickly became abusive and controlling. Prosecutor Louise
Oakley told the court: “She was vulnerable. All she wanted by the time she
died was to be loved.”
Alana, who had already suffered “huge personal loss” after
losing two previous partners, confided in her father that March had been in
prison and was on licence. She also told family members that he accused her of
cheating, made her delete male contacts from her phone, and sent her
threatening voice notes telling her their unborn baby wasn’t his and ordering
her to get an abortion.
Her sister, Jasmine Yates, said in a statement that March
had a “split personality and temper issues” but that Alana was deeply in love
and believed he could change.
On the night of July 21, Alana texted her sister that March
was “acting up.” When Jasmine replied, “Oh sis, u deserve so much better x,”
Alana responded, “Can’t help who u love but he don’t love any of us.”
Hours later, neighbors heard shouting and saw Alana outside
in tears wearing her dressing gown. Around 3 a.m., she was found bleeding
heavily from 19 stab wounds to her chest, stomach, pelvis, shoulders, arms,
thighs, and legs.
As she lay dying, witnesses heard her scream: “Shaine
stabbed me, he stabbed me. Help, help.”
March fled the scene, recording a voice note saying: “Mum,
I just killed a woman, and I’m going back to jail.”
He later walked into Creams Café in Walthamstow covered in
blood and told staff: “I killed my wife and child.”
When arrested, March allegedly told police: “I did it. I
killed her — Alana Odysseos. I killed her, hahahaha.”
He then asked officers to take him to prison, saying: “Put
me where I belong. I’m scum. I deserve it.”
Even in custody, March continued his violence, kicking
another detainee in the head and knocking out three teeth while handcuffed.
He has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced on
October 31, with prosecutors urging the judge to impose a whole life order, meaning
he will never be released.
Members of Alana’s devastated family, who sat through the
entire trial, watched as March shouted and swore in the dock before changing
his plea to guilty. They later thanked the prosecutors and Metropolitan Police
for their work in securing justice.
Alana’s sister, Jasmine, described her as a “pure-hearted
person” and a “brilliant mother” whose life was cruelly taken by a man she
believed she could save.
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