Lachlan Young has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for the murder of Victorian woman Hannah McGuire.

Ms McGuire, 23, was brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend in the early hours of April 5, 2024, after she attempted to end the abusive relationship, which had been marred by violence, degradation, and control on Young's part.

Young, 23, appeared before Justice James Elliot in the Supreme Court in Ballarat on Tuesday, November 18, wearing a black, button-down shirt.

Close to 100 people packed the courtroom as Justice Elliot sentenced Young.

His sentence carries a non-parole period of 22 years and four months.

The Supreme Court murder trial was in its eighth day when Young pleaded guilty to strangling Ms McGuire to death on the bathroom floor of their Sebastopol home.

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