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Hannah McGuire's killer found not guilty of raping teenager

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 20 August 2026 at 3:43 pm

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

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