Overview

• Prosecution presented over a dozen crime scene photographs showing Hannah McGuire’s remains in the rear footwell of her torched Mitsubishi Triton and a blowtorch allegedly used to ignite the vehicle.
• Detective Senior Constable James Allan detailed time-stamped CCTV reconstructions mapping Young’s and his co-worker’s movements from the Sebastopol home to the Scarsdale bushland on April 5, 2024.
• Jurors conducted site inspections at the shared Sebastopol residence, Young’s family home and the remote Scarsdale location where Ms McGuire’s body was discovered.
• Forensic experts testified that the absence of soot in Ms McGuire’s lungs confirms she was already deceased before the car was set alight.
• Counsel for both sides continue to clash over whether Young began planning the killing on April 2 as alleged or if the fatal act was an unplanned and spontaneous event.