Overview

• Lachlan Young appeared via video link on August 4, 2025, at Ballarat Magistrates’ Court to face six newly unsealed charges of witness intimidation and harassment.
• Court documents allege Young sent menacing letters around July 23, 2024, targeting a person he believed was involved in the investigation of Hannah McGuire’s death.
• Defense lawyer Ryan Robertson sought to keep the charges confidential until after Young’s murder sentencing, but the request was rejected.
• Magistrate Mike Wardell approved public reporting of the allegations on public interest grounds and adjourned the proceedings to January 29, 2026.
• Young remains in custody and is due for a pre-sentence hearing on his murder conviction in October 2025.