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

Lachlan Young, 23, sentenced after court heard he later impersonated McGuire in text messages to her mother

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.

Lachlan Young, 23, looked straight ahead as justice James Elliott handed down the sentence in the supreme court in Ballarat on Tuesday.