Hannah McGuire’s ex-partner jailed for 28 years for murder after burning her body near Ballarat

<p>Lachlan Young, 23, sentenced after court heard he later impersonated McGuire in text messages to her mother</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/nov/18/australia-news-live-victorian-liberal-leader-spill-libspill-coalition-nsw-brad-battin-mark-speakman-sussan-ley-killing-season-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A killer has been jailed for 28 years for murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hannah McGuire, and burning her body in a brutal attack in regional Victoria.</p><p>Lachlan Young, 23, looked straight ahead as justice James Elliott handed down the sentence in the supreme court in Ballarat on Tuesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/18/hannah-mcguires-ex-partner-jailed-for-28-years-for-after-burning-her-body-near-ballarat-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>