🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in Prominent Australian Homicide Case Visits Beach Where Victim Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley were found on a secluded coastline in Far North Queensland in 2018. Members of the jury overseeing a widely publicized Queensland murder trial have been taken to the isolated beach where the victim was discovered. The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly stabbed with a bladed weapon and placed in a shallow grave with little or no hope of surviving, the jury has been told. The remains were found by her father the following day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of coastline nestled between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, denies murdering Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Inspection to Crime Scene The jury of 10 men and two women plus several alternates attended the location along with the judge and barristers on Monday morning in Queensland. In a nod to the hot climate and temperatures above 30C, the judge opted for a T-shirt, sport shorts and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the lead prosecution and defense attorneys selected polo shirts, shorts and baseball caps. Location Particulars The court members were guided around 1.2km north up the sand to see where Ms Cordingley's body were discovered. Upon arrival, as they arrived by bus, several markers indicated where the victim's car had been parked. The visit was intended to help the panel become familiar with important sites in the trial and no testimony was given. Context of the Case Last week, the court heard that the following day Ms Cordingley's body were found, the accused flew from Australia to India – leaving behind his wife, three children and parents. He was not heard from until he was apprehended four years later, the state said. The judge with legal representatives and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Argument It is alleged that Mr Singh, who was employed in healthcare in the town of Innisfail, south of Cairns, had a confrontation with Ms Cordingley. The pharmacy worker was discovered wearing a bikini, with all her other clothes and most of her possessions absent. Those objects were taken by the killer to avoid detection, the prosecution allege. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was located secured to a tree concealed in shrubland about 30 metres from the grave. The weapon was found, and no eyewitnesses have been found. But the state says the evidence – though circumstantial – was made up of proof that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include testimony that DNA obtained from a object at the scene was extremely more likely to have originated from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the population. The jury has previously been told testimony indicating that Ms Cordingley's mobile device departed the beach after the killing – and that its travel matched those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the accused. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also pointed to his guilt, the prosecution has argued. Defense Position "While authorities were finding Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a rushed one way trip back to India," the prosecutor said last week as he began arguments. The defense is yet to present any evidence, but in his initial statement, the defense attorney Greg McGuire described his defendant as a "calm" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the unfortunate moment." He also foreshadowed testimony to come later in the trial that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh told an undercover officer he had witnessed assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had fled in terror – something he said was his "biggest mistake." The defense attorney has also said he will give evidence about individuals "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Further Evidence Ms Cordingley's partner, Marco Heidenreich, whom police quickly ruled out as a person of interest, was one who gave evidence last week. The trial was informed he was an initial police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's vanishing, prior to her body were discovered. Images depicting the witness on a walk with a friend on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been presented to the jury, with an expert saying he was certain the pictures were authentic and had not been doctored in any way. The trial will resume to the standard environment of the courthouse on the next day.