Lachlan Young strangled Hannah McGuire and then burned her body in remote bushland. Photo: HANDOUT/AAP

A killer has argued he should receive a discounted sentence because he pleaded guilty halfway through his murder trial.

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Lachlan Young, 23, initially denied he killed his former girlfriend Hannah McGuire in April 2024, arguing it was a spontaneous incident.

But after eight days of evidence in the Victorian Supreme Court, he conceded he strangled her and then burned her body in remote bushland.

Lachlan Young's mid-trial guilty plea could go towards mitigating his sentence, his barr

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