Overview

• McGuire’s parents broke down as they described a pattern of stalking, threats and two intervention orders taken out in February 2023 and March 2024
• School staff testified that threats against McGuire prompted a lockdown at Delacombe Primary School and the implementation of special safety measures
• Workmate Benjamin O’Keefe told jurors that Young planned to drug McGuire, crash her ute down a hill and use a blowtorch to burn the vehicle
• Jurors toured the Scarsdale crime scene and reviewed CCTV-supported reconstructions showing McGuire was already dead before her Mitsubishi Triton was set alight
• The defence insists Young’s killing was a spontaneous act, while the prosecution maintains it was premeditated and the trial continues in Ballarat