Younger didn’t apply for bail and Justice of the Peace Guillaume Bailin remanded him in custody.
In the course of the transient listening to, police prosecutor Senior Constable Steven Repac efficiently utilized for extra time to organize the transient of proof, arguing the case was advanced and spanned a number of crime scenes.
“There may be plenty of technical analyses of CCTV arduous drives … together with deleted materials that must be obtained and re-examined if attainable,” Repac instructed the court docket.
The court docket heard investigators are additionally in search of to acquire and analyse DNA proof.
Courtroom paperwork launched to the media present Younger is accused of murdering McGuire in Sebastopol, in Ballarat’s south, on Friday.
Exterior the court docket, Brooke Tamanika, a lawyer talking on behalf of the McGuire household, stated the 23-year-old’s dying had dealt a devastating blow to her family members and the neighborhood.
“As you possibly can think about, it is a very devastating time for the household, for Hannah’s family members, and for our neighborhood as a complete,” Tamanika instructed reporters.
“The household have been helping the police, nevertheless, I can’t touch upon the standing of the matter. I might ask that everybody is conscious of the household throughout this time period, that you just respect their privateness and also you give them time to mourn the lack of Hannah.”
The physique of McGuire, who has been remembered as “a vibrant younger lady with a coronary heart of gold” by family and friends, was discovered on Friday morning in a automotive set alight close to State Forest Street in Scarsdale, about 25 kilometres south-west of Ballarat.
On Sunday, police arrested Younger and a 22-year-old man in Sebastopol. The 22-year-old was launched pending additional inquiries and Younger was charged with homicide on Monday afternoon. Police have beforehand stated the concerned events knew one another.
On Tuesday morning, Premier Jacinta Allan supplied her condolences to the McGuire household and stated the state authorities would attain out to councils in Ballarat and surrounds to supply assist.
“It’s April 9 and already 18 Australian ladies have been killed in 2024. That is unacceptable and it has to cease,” Allan stated.
“Ladies don’t simply deserve the proper, they will need to have the proper to reside and work and transfer safely round our neighborhood. It’s simply unacceptable that too many ladies are dropping their lives by the hands of a violent perpetrator.
“I believe that’s incumbent upon all of us to mirror on these statistics as a result of behind each statistic is a girl, a household and a neighborhood who’re grieving.”
The Clunes Cricket Membership has arrange a fundraiser for McGuire’s household, who’re well-known within the Clunes neighborhood and run the native pub, the Nationwide Resort.
AFL footballer Nick Hind, who’s from Clunes and now performs for Essendon, shared the fundraiser for the McGuire household on Instagram.