Pregnant woman dies after being stabbed 19 times by abusive boyfriend

Pregnant woman dies after being stabbed 19 times by abusive boyfriend

A pregnant woman was brutally stabbed to death 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.

Pregnant woman dies after being stabbed 19 times by abusive boyfriend

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.”