Ballarat man sentenced to 28 years’ jail for murder of Hannah McGuire

The court heard Hannah told police she was “terrified” of Young in the months before her murder. McGuire’s parents, Debbie and Glenn, sat in the front of the courtroom and held each other. As the sentence was handed down, family and friends turned to look at Young and wiped away tears. Young abruptly pleaded guilty to murdering McGuire eight days into his trial, after her parents, friends and colleagues had already been forced to give evidence. The court previously heard Young strangled his ex-girlfriend on the bathroom floor of the home they once shared in Sebastopol, in Ballarat’s south, at about 2.30am on April 5 last year.