US EditionBallarat 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.
- On Friday, July 18, 2025, during his trial in Ballarat, 23-year-old Lachlan Young admitted responsibility for the killing of his former girlfriend, Hannah McGuire.
- The plea change came eight days into a trial that began on July 9 after prosecutors rejected Young's earlier manslaughter offer and he initially claimed McGuire's death was unplanned.
- The 23-year-old victim was killed in April 2024, and Young confessed to setting fire to her body inside her own car, which was later discovered completely burned in Scarsdale, southwest of Ballarat.
- McGuire's family attended court and applauded Young's guilty plea while the prosecution detailed that she was murdered with intent after meeting Young at a shared house in the early hours of April 5.
- Young will face a pre-sentence hearing later, marking the next step in the legal process after he admitted responsibility for McGuire's murder and body burning.
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