🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in High-Profile Down Under Homicide Trial Tours Shoreline Where Victim Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley were found on a secluded beach in northern Queensland back in 2018. Jurors overseeing a high-profile Australian murder trial have traveled to the isolated beach where the young woman was discovered. The 24-year-old victim was multiple times attacked with a bladed weapon and placed in a shallow grave with minimal chance of survival, the court has heard. Her body were discovered by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of shoreline 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. Jury Inspection to Beach The panel of 12 individuals plus three alternates attended the location along with the judge and barristers on Monday morning in Queensland. In a nod to the tropical conditions and temperatures above 30C, the judge wore a T-shirt, sport shorts and sneakers rather than traditional court attire. Both the lead prosecution and defence barristers chose casual shirts, shorts and headwear. Location Details The jurors were guided around three-quarters of a mile along the beach to see 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 left. The visit was intended to help the panel become familiar with key locations in the case and no official evidence was presented. Background of the Case Last week, the court was informed that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered, Mr Singh flew from Australia to India – abandoning his spouse, three children and parents. He was out of contact until he was arrested four years later, the state said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with legal representatives and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. State Case It is claimed that the defendant, 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 absent. Those items were removed by the assailant to avoid detection, the prosecution allege. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was found tied up to a tree concealed in shrubland about 100 feet from the grave. No murder weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been found. But the state says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was comprised proof that indicated Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will include evidence that DNA recovered from a stick at the location was extremely more probable to have come from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the public. The jury has already heard evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone departed the beach after the killing – and that its travel corresponded with those of a vehicle belonging to the accused. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also suggested his guilt, the prosecution has argued. Defense Position "As the police were finding Toyah's body, he was arranging... a hurriedly arranged one way trip back to India," the prosecutor said last week as he began arguments. The defence is yet to provided testimony, but in his initial statement, Mr Singh's barrister the lawyer described his client as a "placid" and "caring" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the unfortunate moment." He also foreshadowed testimony to come subsequently that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh told an plainclothes agent he had seen assailants attack Ms Cordingley and then had run away in fear – 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 suspicion. Further Testimony Ms Cordingley's partner, Marco Heidenreich, whom authorities excluded as a possible suspect, was one who gave evidence previously. The trial was informed he was an immediate person of interest – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's disappearance, even before her body were found. Photographs depicting the witness on a walk with a friend on the date Ms Cordingley disappeared have been presented to the court, with an expert saying he was certain the pictures were genuine and had not been altered in any way. The trial will return to the standard environment of the courtroom on the next day.