Overview
- Court of Appeal judges ruled Thursday that the 42-year minimum was unduly lenient, replacing it with a whole life order that bars release.
- Shaine March murdered 32-year-old Alana Odysseos in July 2024 at her Walthamstow home, stabbing her 23 times during early pregnancy.
- He was on a life licence for the 2000 murder of 17-year-old Andre Drummond after his release from prison in 2013.
- The Solicitor General referred the case under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to seek a whole life term.
- Prosecutors argued that the pregnancy, extreme violence, prior murder, and offending on licence created aggravating features that warranted the upgrade.