Pregnant woman killed by abusive boyfriend who had already murdered before

A pregnant woman was stabbed to death by her violent and controlling boyfriend – who had already served a life sentence for murdering someone else.

Alana Odysseos, 32, was in the early stages of pregnancy with her third child when she was attacked by ‘lifer’ Shaine March at her home in Walthamstow, east London, early last July 22.

March, 47, was on trial at the Old Bailey where he had admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility before dramatically changing his plea and admitted murder.

It can now be reported that March was aged 21 when he fatally stabbed a man in the neck at a McDonald’s restaurant in January 2000.

He was convicted of 17-year-old Andre Drummond’s murder at the Old Bailey on July 17, 2000, and jailed for life.

Following his release on licence in early 2013, he w