A cricketer has been accused of stealing $65,000 from a GoFundMe organised to boost cash for the grieving household of alleged homicide sufferer Hannah McGuire.
Lachlan Morganti, 26, has been charged with theft after he allegedly stole from a GoFundMe he had organised on behalf of the Clunes Cricket Membership.
Morganti, who performed A Grade cricket for the city in Victoria, allegedly stole the cash to gasoline a suspected playing habit.
He was bailed to seem on the Ballarat Magistrates’ Courtroom later this month after Moorabool Crime Investigation Unit detectives pounced this week.
Hannah McGuire’s family members have been dealt yet one more merciless blow after $65,000 was allegedly stolen from a GoFundMe elevating cash for her grief-stricken mother and father (Ms McGuire is pictured)
Lachlan Morganti, 26, (pictured left) has been charged with theft
The GoFundMe for Ms McGuire’s household has since been taken down (pictured)
The merciless blow comes simply two months after Ms McGuire, 23, was allegedly murdered by her ex-partner, 21-year-old Lachlan Younger.
Household good friend Christine Hill slammed the alleged theft because the ‘unthinkable, cowardly actions’ on a group Fb web page.
‘In a time after we felt so helpless, banding collectively as a group to boost cash for the McGuires felt like a tiny piece of sunshine to shed on a household who has been by hell,’ Ms Hill wrote.
‘I am completely shattered to be taught the go-fund-me cash of $66,294 was by no means delivered to Glenn and Debbie (now a police matter).
‘The unthinkable, cowardly actions, has tainted what ought to have been a wonderful, form gesture to assist.
‘By no means did I believe Debbie and Glenn must cope with this.’
Lachlan Morganti tried out for Melbourne Renegades in July 2023 however didnt make the ultimate reduce
Ms McGuire’s household have been emotional outdoors Ballarat Magistrates Courtroom again in April
Donors have been inspired to lodge a declare with GoFundMe to get their a reimbursement with Ms Hill sharing the {couples}’ financial institution particulars for folks to make direct donations.
The fundraiser has since been taken down with a GoFundMe spokesman confirming they have been conscious of the ‘alleged misuse of funds’.
‘The GoFundMe Belief and Security workforce is conscious of this alleged misuse of funds, and can work with authorities and all events to succeed in a decision,’ he stated.
Ms McGuire’s physique was found in a burnt-out automotive close to State Forest Street, near Scarsdale, south-west of Ballarat in Victoria on April 5.
Ms McGuire had purchased a home with Younger simply in need of a 12 months earlier than he’s alleged to have murdered her (the previous couple are pictured posing outdoors the house)
It stays unknown how or why Younger (pictured) is alleged to have murdered Ms McGuire
It stays unknown how or why Younger is alleged to have murdered Ms McGuire. He can be saved behind bars till his subsequent courtroom date in September.
Ms McGuire had purchased a home with Younger simply in need of a 12 months earlier than he’s alleged to have murdered her.
She was pictured smiling from ear-to-ear subsequent to a big ‘bought’ signal alongside her then-partner outdoors the house in Sebastopol, close to Ballarat in regional Victoria.
The snapshot of happiness was taken nearly a 12 months to the day earlier than Younger appeared in courtroom to face fees of murdering Ms McGuire.
She had lived with Younger up till per week earlier than she was allegedly murdered.
Her demise had initially been dismissed as a suicide however a coroner’s report indicated she had allegedly sustained lethal accidents earlier than the automotive was engulfed in flames.
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