WOMAN STABBED 19 TIMES BY PARTNER, COURT HEARS
Update 26/03/2026: Shaine March who murdered his pregnant girlfriend after being released from prison on licence must spend the rest of his life in jail, the court of appeal has ruled after finding that the original 42-year sentence was “too lenient”.Alana Odysseos, 32, was in the early stages of pregnancy with her third child when Shaine March, now 48, killed her at her home in Walthamstow, east London, in July last year.
She died at the scene from 23 slash and stab wounds.
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On October 17, 2025, a man convicted of murder admitted to the killing of his pregnant girlfriend by stabbing her 19 times after being released from prison on licence.
The individual, March, aged 47 and from Surrey Quays in south-east London, had previously entered a plea of manslaughter by diminished responsibility but denied the charge of murder.
However, he unexpectedly changed his plea during the trial, admitting to murdering the 32-year-old woman on the specified date.
This change occurred after a legal development revealed that a report from a defence expert, scheduled to be discussed in court, no longer supported his diminished responsibility argument.
Subsequently, Mr Justice Murray discharged the jury at the Old Bailey and lifted restrictions on reporting his previous murder conviction.
