🔗 Share this article Jury in High-Profile Down Under Homicide Case Tours Beach At Which Victim Was Found The body of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded coastline in Far North Queensland in 2018. Jurors involved in a high-profile Queensland homicide case have been taken to the remote shore where the victim was located. The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly attacked with a sharp object and buried in a shallow grave with little or no chance of survival, the court has been told. Her body were discovered by a family member the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of coastline nestled between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, has pleaded not guilty to killing Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia. Jury Visit to Crime Scene The panel of 12 individuals plus several alternates attended the location along with the judge and legal counsel on Monday morning 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 traditional court attire. Both the prosecuting and defence barristers chose casual shirts, bottoms and baseball caps. Scene Details The court members were guided around 1.2km along the beach to see where Ms Cordingley's body were discovered. Earlier, as they arrived by bus, several red and white cones indicated where the vehicle had been left. The visit was designed to help the panel become acquainted with key locations in the trial and no official evidence was presented. Background of the Trial Previously, the Cairns Supreme Court was informed that the following day Ms Cordingley's body were found, the accused departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his spouse, three children and relatives. He was out of contact until he was apprehended years after, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with barristers and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. State Case It is claimed that Mr Singh, who was working as a nurse in the town of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a bikini, with all her other clothes and belongings missing. Those objects were removed by the killer to conceal evidence, the prosecution contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was located secured to a post hidden in shrubland about 30 metres from the burial site. The weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been identified. But the prosecution says the evidence – though circumstantial – was comprised findings that pointed to Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will involve evidence that DNA obtained from a object at the scene was 3.8 billion times more probable to have originated from Mr Singh than a random member of the population. The court has already heard evidence indicating that Ms Cordingley's mobile device departed the beach after the incident – and that its travel corresponded with those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the defendant. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also pointed to his guilt, the state has argued. Defence Position "As the police were discovering Toyah's body, he was arranging... a hurriedly arranged single journey back to India," the prosecutor said previously 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 client as a "placid" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time." He also hinted at evidence to come subsequently that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh informed an plainclothes agent he had witnessed assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away 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. Additional Evidence Ms Cordingley's partner, the witness, whom authorities excluded as a person of interest, was among those who testified last week. The court heard he was an immediate person of interest – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's disappearance, prior to her body were discovered. Photographs showing the witness on a hike with a friend on the date Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the court, with an specialist saying he was confident the pictures were authentic and had not been altered in any way. The case will return to the standard environment of the courtroom on the next day.