<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A primary school was forced into lockdown after an accused murderer threatened to come to his ex-girlfriend's workplace following their break-up, a jury has been told.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lachlan Young is accused of threatening Hannah McGuire two weeks before he allegedly murdered the 23-year-old and burnt her body in a ute in remote bushland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/lachlan-young-man-killed-exgirlfriend-but-says-hes-not-a-murderer/11de17c4-a5af-4077-91d1-38481f4c1ddc" rel="" target="_blank" title="Young admits he killed McGuire on April 4, 2024"><span>Young admits he killed McGuire on April 4, 2024</span></a><span>, but has pleaded not guilty to murder, claiming her death was a spontaneous and unplanned incident.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/reserve-bank-of-australia-wants-to-remove-card-surcharges/6e7688de-6866-4470-b716-d886c0cc229a" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Australians could save $1.2b a year under proposed new reform</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Danielle McCann, the business manager of the Delacombe school where McGuire worked, said the school was effectively locked down on March 20, 2024, because of Young's threats.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"(Hannah) came into my office and said she had been receiving threatening phone calls - he was threatening he would come to the school," McCann told the Victorian Supreme Court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I notified the principal and other staff. We made sure all external doors to the building were locked."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/hannah-mcguire-trial-work-was-locked-down-after-lachlan-youngs-alleged-threat/38e4503a-c77e-4f62-ab6f-ec2d5a9ab27c" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McGuire wanted to take her students into the yard like she usually did, so McCann said she advised her to stay close to the office door.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Other staff members also kept an eye out for Young in case he came onto school grounds, McCann said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/rescued-german-backpacker-carolina-wilga-reveals-she-dropped-12kg-while-lost-in-the-wa-outback/5c7f14f8-ac73-435e-ad20-32f5a98cd11b" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Rescued backpacker lost 12kg while lost in the WA outback</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McGuire had previously told McCann she was seeking an intervention order against Young following their break-up earlier in March, the business manager said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McCann said she told the school leadership and office staff that if Young ever came to the school, they should say McGuire was away on a professional development session.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She didn't feel safe," McCann said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Some of McGuire's other colleagues and friends also gave evidence today about Young's alleged abusive and controlling behaviour.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jaymie McDonald told the jury Young always appeared disrespectful to McGuire and called her a "fat b---h" after he saw a photo of her eating a potato cake.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/nasa-release-closest-ever-look-at-the-sun-after-probe/6fa84f60-a0fa-4ca7-8603-ec8f2c0d70db" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Closest ever photos of the sun reveal 'space weather threat' origins</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Young also came to every 'girls night' McDonald and her friends organised with McGuire, she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also ordered McGuire to come home and stop having fun when she went to Melbourne for McDonald's birthday, the friend told the jury.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McDonald said after McGuire broke up with Young, she appeared happier and stronger.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She had found such a glow," the friend said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's alleged Young murdered McGuire a few weeks after she separated from him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/mothers-despair-as-killer-faked-slain-daughters-texts/edfb03df-6fed-480a-8649-f6b7db9062b7" rel="" target="_blank" title="The trial before Justice James Elliott"><span>The trial before Justice James Elliott</span></a><span> continues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyond blue on 1300 22 4636.</span></strong></div></div>