'Double killer stabbed my sister to death - it must never happen again'

The sister of a pregnant hairdresser knifed to death by her boyfriend has today called for a list of violent domestic abusers . Jasmine Yates demanded a "strengthening" of Clare's Law after her older sister was attacked by her "evil" partner, who had been released on life licence for a previous murder . Mother-of-two Alana Odysseos, 32, was stabbed 19 times in a ferocious attack by double killer Shaine March, 47, after a four-month campaign of domestic violence and coercive control. She was in the early stages of pregnancy with her third child when March - jailed for stabbing an teenager to death when he was 21 - launched the assault following an argument about whether to have an abortion. But Jasmine said the "coward" had hidden the true nature of his previous offending, claiming he had acted in self defence when he stabbed 17-year-old Andre Drummond in the neck at a McDonald's restaurant in January 2000. And she said the family was never told that following his release in early 2013, he was recalled to jail for stamping on the stomach of another pregnant girlfriend and was released again in February 2018. Now Jasmine, 28, has demanded a reform of Clare’s Law, which allows the police to disclose information on request about a partner’s previous history of domestic violence or violent acts. She launched a petition saying the onus should be on the authorities to proactively inform individuals if they start a relationshpipe with someone who had a violent or abusive record. Jasmine said: "This could be Alana's legacy. Women like my sister are dying because the system reacts too late. "Alana should be here. Her children should still have their mum. We were not warned. We were not protected. But through this law, her name can help save others." Alana was brought up in Newmarket, Suffolk, but relocated to Walthamstow, east London, after escaping a violent relationship in her early 20s. Jasmine said her sister - who was working as an enforcement officer and training to be a hairdresser - was enjoying life when she met March in 2024 on the London Underground. But "almost instantly" he began inflicting a vicious cycle of abuse and coercive control. He refused to appear on video calls with Alana's family, bizarrely wearing a child's horse mask to hide his identity. And he forced Alana to delete the contact details of all her male friends in her mobile phone and stopped her from speaking to her family and friends. March made completely unsubstantiated claims that Alana was cheating and in one violent outburst through out her daughter's toys and tablet. When Alana became pregnant, he refused to accept the baby was his and demanded she have an abortion. Jasmine said she desperately pleaded with Alana to end the relationship, warning her that March would kill her. But she said Alana had been "brainwashed" by March and refused to accept help. Jasmine, of Suffolk, said: "A couple of weeks before he killed her we were on a group call with my mum and she had a cut on her forehead. "Straight away I said, 'Did he do that?' And she said, 'Yes.' But she tried to defend him, she said he didn't mean to do it , he just slipped. I was like, 'No, they always mean to do it'. I said to Elena, 'If he can hit you, he can kill you.' "But he had completely brainwashed her. My sister, she she never took any like crap off a man ever. But I remember saying to her, 'this isn't you, you look so broken'. I was trying to convince her to report it. "I actually said I'd ring the police but she said to me if did that, she'd never speak to me again. So I was between a rock and a hard place." In the hours before the murder on July 22 2024 as March demanded she have abortion, with Alana heard saying: "I don't want to kill my baby." She was later seen outside her home, clutching her right side. Bleeding from multiple stab wounds to her body, Alana pointed at March standing nearby and shouted: "Shaine stabbed me, he stabbed me. Help, help." March walked away as Alana bled to death on the ground despite the desperate efforts of police and paramedics. She had suffered stab wounds to her chest, stomach, pelvis, shoulders, buttocks, right arm, thighs and lower legs. Before throwing his mobile phone in a drain, March recorded a voice note saying: "Mum, I just killed a woman, and I'm going back to jail." Jasmine said: "On the morning after the murder I woke up and went on Facebook and people were writing, 'Rest in Peace Alana'. That was how I found out. "One of her friends, a neighbour had messaged me, she just said, 'I'm so sorry, Shaine has killed Alana'. I had to call my mum and she just screamed down the phone." When March, of Surrey Quays, south-east London, was arrested he shouted "I regret nothing" as he was held in a police van. He later told police: "I did it. I killed her, hahahaha." He only admitted Alana's murder on the seventh day of his trial in October last year at the Old Bailey after an expert no longer supported his defence of diminished responsibility. March refused to appear in court as he was initially sentenced to 42 years in prison, with Mr Justice Murray saying he had targeted her reproductive organs during the assault. The Solicitor General referred the case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme. And earlier this year the prison term was quashed and replaced with a rare whole life order. Jasmine said: "That was amazing. I was so grateful to the Attorney General for submitting the appeal. "When the sentence was quashed and a whole life order was imposed I felt like a huge weight lifted and I felt that Alana can rest now." She added: "Losing Alana was heartbreaking. We were a very close knit family. We were really close. I mean, we had our sister arguments, but we were always together, going out to the park. We'd always be putting on little pantomimes in the living room for the parents. They're amazing memories to hold on to." Jasmine, along with older sisters Lorraine, 40, and Tara, 38, has now collected 38,000 signatures for her online petition calling for "Alana's Law". Currently under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, also known as Clare's Law, there is a "right to ask" where people can request information about a potentially abusive partner. There is also a "right to know" that allows police to proactively disclose information. However, Jasmine said "Alana's Law" would put the onus on authorities to proactively inform individuals about a new partner's violent or abusive record in all cases. Mandatory checks would also be required for offenders with a history of domestic violence or coercive control before they were allowed shared housing or contact with a child. Jasmine warned domestic violence was "a pandemic of hate and cruelty to women and girls" and said she hoped a domestic violence register for high-risk offenders - both male and female - could prevent a repeat of what happened to her sister. Clare's Law was introduced after 36-year-old Clare Woods was murdered by her boyfriend in 2009. Mother-of-one Ms Wood was strangled and set on fire at her home in Salford, Greater Manchester , in February 2009 by George Appleton, who had a record of violence against women. Her father, Michael Brown, campaigned for legal reforms, arguing her death would have been prevented had she known her partner’s history. The introduction followed pilot schemes in four areas - Greater Manchester, Gwent, Nottinghamshire and Wiltshire - since September 2012. A Home Office spokesperson said a serious further offence review was under way, regarding Alana's murder. "This was an appalling case, and our deepest sympathies remain with the family of Alana Odysseos," they said. "Offenders who pose a risk to the public must be managed robustly, and we continue to strengthen the systems that protect victims and survivors of domestic abuse."