🔗 Share this article Jury in High-Profile Down Under Homicide Case Visits Beach At Which Deceased Was Discovered The remains of Toyah Cordingley were found on a secluded coastline in Far North Queensland back in 2018. Members of the jury involved in a widely publicized Queensland murder trial have been taken to the remote beach where the victim was located. The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly stabbed with a sharp object and placed in a sandy grave with little or no hope of surviving, the jury has heard. Her body were discovered by a family member the following day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of coastline between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, denies murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia. Jury Inspection to Beach The jury of 10 men and two women plus several alternates visited the beach along with the judge and legal counsel on the start of the week local time. In a acknowledgment of the tropical conditions and temperatures above 30C, the judge opted for a T-shirt, athletic wear and sneakers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defense attorneys selected casual shirts, shorts and headwear. Scene Details The court members were led around three-quarters of a mile north up the sand to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, four markers showed where the victim's car had been parked. The trip was designed to help the jurors become familiar with important sites in the case and no testimony was presented. Context of the Trial Previously, the court heard that the day after Ms Cordingley's remains were found, the accused departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his wife, family and relatives. He was not heard from until he was arrested years after, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with legal representatives and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is claimed that Mr Singh, who was working as a nurse in the town of Innisfail, south of Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was discovered wearing a bikini, with all her other clothes and most of her possessions missing. Those items were removed by the killer to avoid detection, prosecutors contend. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a stroll, was located secured to a post hidden in shrubland about 30 metres from the grave. No murder weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been identified. But the prosecution says the evidence – though circumstantial – was comprised proof that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include evidence that genetic material obtained from a stick at the scene was 3.8 billion times more probable to have come from Mr Singh than a random member of the public. The court has previously been told testimony suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone departed the scene after the killing – and that its movements matched those of a vehicle owned by the accused. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also pointed to his involvement, the state has argued. Defence Position "While authorities were discovering Toyah's body, he was arranging... a rushed one way trip back to India," Mr Crane said last week as he opened his case. The defence is has not present any evidence, but in his initial statement, Mr Singh's barrister the lawyer portrayed his defendant as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the wrong time." He also foreshadowed evidence to come later in the trial that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh told an undercover officer he had seen assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away in terror – something he said was his "gravest error." Mr McGuire has also said he will give evidence about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Further Evidence Ms Cordingley's partner, Marco Heidenreich, whom authorities quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was one who gave evidence previously. The trial was informed he was an initial police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his partner's vanishing, even before her body were found. Photographs depicting Mr Heidenreich on a walk with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the court, with an specialist saying he was certain the photos were genuine and had not been doctored in any way. The case will return to the standard environment of the courtroom on Tuesday.