Mum-of-two Alana Odysseus was brutally murdered by the father of her unborn child last year
A convicted murderer who fatally stabbed his pregnant girlfriend 23 times after being released on licence has been jailed for a minimum of 42 years.
Shaine March,47,murdered 32-year-old mum-of-two Alana Odysseos at her home in Walthamstow,east London,in July 2024.
Ms Odysseos was in the early stages of pregnancy with her third child,which was conceived with her killer.
The incident disturbingly mirrored another act of brutality carried out by March on another woman after his release.
March showed no reaction as he was sentenced on Friday,appearing via videolink at the Old Bailey after refusing to face Alana’s family in person.
Mother Karen Cronin said: ‘Alana,my beautiful kind and loving daughter,left this earth in the most callous and brutal way imaginable.
‘The person who has done this to my daughter – who I don’t think deserves the respect of using his name – is evil and a coward. Why did he have to resort to the level of violence he used?
‘The anger I feel towards him doesn’t feel Christian so I can no longer go to Church. I will never have forgiveness in my heart.
‘I want him to die in prison. He should never be let out.’
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