A mother has confronted her daughter’s killer in court, saying she will never forgive him for taking away her vibrant and courageous girl.

Lachlan Young, 23, did not look at Hannah McGuire’s mother, Debbie McGuire, as she read her statement in the Victorian supreme court on Monday.

“I hope every day for the rest of the accused’s life, he experiences the most intense pain imaginable,” Debbie said, staring down at Young.

“I will never forget and I will never forgive.”

Young initially denied he murdered his former girlfriend, claiming her death in April 2024 was a spontaneous incident.

But eight days into his supreme court trial, he pleaded guilty to murder.

Young now admits he strangled Hannah in the bathroom of their Sebastopol home at about 2.30am on 5 April.

He then shoved her body

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