Overview
- Justice James Elliott set a non-parole period of 22 years and four months for the 23-year-old offender.
- Young strangled McGuire in their Sebastopol home on April 5, 2024, then burned her body in her car at Scarsdale.
- He attempted to stage the death as a suicide by sending texts from her phone to her mother and transferring money from her accounts.
- Young pleaded guilty eight days into his Supreme Court trial after initially denying murder.
- Prosecutors said the crime was driven by entitlement, jealousy and rage, while family and friends filled the Ballarat courtroom for the sentence.