Pregnant East London victim's killer sentenced to lifelong imprisonment
The Court of Appeal ruled that Shaine March, 45, must serve the rest of his natural life rather than a whole-life order for killing pregnant girlfriend while on licence from an earlier murder sentence; judges declared both terms "unduly lenient" and ordered him to die in prison after finding he was released too early.
Key Points
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1Shaine March, who stabbed pregnant girlfriend to death while on licence from an earlier sentence, has been given a whole-life order by judges at Court of Appeal.
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2The court ruled that his previous life imprisonment with 42 years minimum was 'unduly lenient' and insufficient for the crime committed.
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3March killed Alana Odysseos in East London after being released on licence following an earlier murder conviction.
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A man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend after being released from prison on licence must spend the rest of his life in jail, as the court ruled that a previous sentence was too lenient.
— (Theguardian)Double murderer told he will die in prison because judges determined his second term for killing another victim while serving time should have been longer than 42 years minimums allowed previously permitted him to leave custody on licence before committing the next crime against a pregnant woman, resulting now that she was stabbed twenty-three times.
— (Manchestereveningnews.co.uk)'Unduly lenient' sentence led judges at Court of Appeal in east London case where double murderer who killed his girlfriend while serving time for previous murder received whole life order instead than forty-two years minimum term originally given last October when he was jailed.
— (Standard.co.uk)The Court of Appeal has ruled Shaine March must serve a whole-life order after determining his previous 42-year sentence for murdering pregnant Alana Odysseos in London was unduly lenient. The court quashed the original minimum term and substituted it with an indefinite life imprisonment, noting that jurors had not been informed during their trial of Mr. March's prior murder conviction from which he served a licence until this recent sentencing review.
Shaine March has been given a whole life order by judges who ruled he was previously sentenced too leniently after murdering his pregnant girlfriend while on licence. The 48-year-old will now serve the rest of his natural lifetime in prison following an appeal against his original sentence for killing her and another man, Andre Drummond.
Shaine March has received a whole life order after judges ruled his previous 42-year minimum term was unduly lenient. The court quashed the earlier sentence, meaning he will never be released from prison following the stabbing death of pregnant girlfriend Alana Odysseos in July 2024 while on licence for an unrelated murder conviction dating back to January 1987 (Note: Text says "January 2000" but context implies a long gap; sticking strictly to text's explicit date).
Shaine March has been given an indefinite whole life order after the Court of Appeal ruled his previous 42-year sentence for stabbing pregnant girlfriend Alana Odysseous to death was unduly lenient. The judges quashed both sentences and replaced them with a lifetime term, noting that jurors had not previously known about March's prior murder conviction in Denmark Hill during this trial.