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Ballarat Man Lachlan Young Pleads Guilty to Murder of Hannah McGuire
BALLARAT, VICTORIA, JUL 17 – Lachlan Young changed his plea after prosecutors rejected manslaughter, admitting to murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend whose body was found in a burnt car.
- Lachlan Young pleaded guilty on July 19, 2025, in Ballarat Supreme Court to murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hannah McGuire, whose burnt body was found in a scorched car in Scarsdale in April 2024.
- The trial began on July 9 after Young initially pleaded not guilty and offered a manslaughter plea rejected by the prosecution, with Young claiming the killing was unplanned and spontaneous.
- Hannah McGuire, a 23-year-old Clunes woman close to completing a teaching degree, was killed after meeting Young at their former shared home late on April 4, with her body burned in her car on April 5.
- During court proceedings, McGuire's mother read the last texts she sent her, broke down in tears, and her family applauded Young’s guilty plea, while jurors and the judge acknowledged the emotional toll of the case.
- Young has pleaded guilty to murder and is scheduled for a sentencing hearing in the future; the case underscores issues of domestic violence and attempts to conceal the crime by sending texts mimicking a suicide note to McGuire's mother.
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