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Murderer Found Not Guilty of Raping Underage Girl

A County Court jury cleared Lachlan Young after a week-long trial over an alleged assault that prosecutors said involved a 16-year-old student.

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A violent man who strangled a young woman and then staged her death as a suicide has been acquitted of rape.

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Murderer found not guilty of raping underage girl

A violent man who strangled a young woman and then staged her death as a suicide has been acquitted of rape.

·Osborne Park, Australia
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Breaking: Ballarat killer Lachlan Young found not guilty of raping teenager

Ballarat killer Lachlan Young has been cleared of raping a teenager months before he murdered his girlfriend, Hannah McGuire.

·Ultimo, Australia
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Hannah McGuire’s killer found not guilty of raping student two months before murder

The killer of young Ballarat woman Hannah McGuire has been found not guilty of raping a 16-year-old student two months before the murder.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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