Hannah McGuire's parents give evidence in trial of accused killer

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00:00Lachlan Young's trial for the murder of Hannah Maguire entered its fourth day today in Ballarat

00:04Supreme Court. Today, for the first time, the jury heard from Debbie and Glenn Maguire, Hannah's

00:08parents. Glenn spoke of Hannah and Lachlan's tumultuous relationship and told the jury that

00:14he had witnessed Lachlan be rude and demanding towards his daughter multiple times. He said that

00:18he had tried to have conversations with Lachlan about how he treated Hannah, but nothing changed.

00:23Glenn was very emotional as he gave evidence he had to stop and take a break as the prosecution

00:28asked him about the last night he spent with his daughter. Debbie, Hannah's mum, also grew

00:32emotional when she told the jury about a text message she received from Hannah's phone the

00:36night that she was killed. The text message, which was received shortly before 4am, read

00:41I'm sorry mum, I thought this was the right decision. I tried to heal and cope with it all, but I'm not

00:46okay. I thought leaving was the best decision. I tried to reconnect with people to help me move on,

00:51but I couldn't do it. I tried messaging Lachlan, but he doesn't want anything to do with me now.

00:56Please check in on him. This is going to break his heart. Now, the prosecution alleges that this

01:01text message was sent by Lachlan Young from Hannah Maguire's phone shortly after he killed her on

01:05April 5th, 2024. The prosecution alleges that this was Lachlan's attempt at making Hannah's death look

01:10like a suicide. Debbie also told the court of an incident in February 2023, where Hannah called her

01:16on the phone hysterically crying. Debbie said that Hannah told her Lachlan was following her in his car

01:22and that he had cut her off in traffic, gotten out of his vehicle and started punching Hannah's

01:26driver's side window, telling her to get out of the vehicle. Now, Hannah managed to drive off and went

01:30straight to the Ballarat Police Station, where she filed an IVO. The court also heard from a

01:35Constable Stevenson, who helped Hannah file that application. The trial will continue on Tuesday and is

01:41expected to last for four more weeks.