🔗 Share this article Jury in Prominent Australian Homicide Case Tours Beach At Which Deceased Was Discovered The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded beach in Far North Queensland in 2018. Jurors involved in a widely publicized Australian homicide case have been taken to the isolated shore where the young woman was located. The 24-year-old victim was multiple times stabbed with a sharp object and buried in a shallow resting place with minimal hope of surviving, the jury has been told. Her body were found by her father the following day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of coastline nestled between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, denies murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in Far North Queensland. Jury Inspection to Crime Scene The jury of 10 men and two women plus three back-up jurors attended the location along with the presiding officer and barristers on the start of the week in Queensland. In a nod to the tropical conditions and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley wore a T-shirt, sport shorts and sneakers rather than traditional court attire. Both the prosecuting and defense attorneys chose polo shirts, shorts and baseball caps. Location Particulars The jurors 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, four markers indicated where the vehicle had been left. The visit was designed to help the jurors become acquainted with key locations in the trial and no testimony was presented. Background of the Case Last week, the court was informed that the day after Ms Cordingley's remains were found, the accused flew from Australia to India – abandoning his spouse, three children and parents. He was out of contact until he was apprehended years after, the prosecution said. The judge with barristers and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is alleged that Mr Singh, who was working as a nurse in the town of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a confrontation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a swimwear, with all her other clothes and most of her possessions missing. Those items were taken by the assailant to conceal evidence, the prosecution allege. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was found secured to a post concealed in bushland about 30 metres from the grave. No murder weapon was ever recovered, and no eyewitnesses have been identified. But the state says the evidence – though indirect – was comprised findings that pointed to Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will involve testimony that DNA obtained from a object at the scene was extremely more likely to have come from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the public. The jury has already heard testimony indicating that Ms Cordingley's phone departed the beach after the killing – and that its travel matched those of a vehicle owned by the accused. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also pointed to his guilt, the prosecution has claimed. Defense Stance "While authorities were finding Toyah's body, he was organizing... a rushed single journey back to India," the prosecutor said previously as he began arguments. The defense is has not provided testimony, but in his initial statement, the defense attorney Greg McGuire portrayed his client as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the unfortunate moment." He also hinted at evidence to come subsequently that, after his arrest, Mr Singh told an plainclothes agent he had seen two masked men attack Ms Cordingley and then had run away in fear – something he said was his "gravest error." Mr McGuire has also said he will give evidence about individuals "identified and unidentified" who should come under investigation. Further Testimony Ms Cordingley's partner, the witness, whom authorities quickly ruled out as a person of interest, was one who testified previously. The court heard he was an initial police suspect – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his partner's vanishing, even before her remains were discovered. Photographs depicting Mr Heidenreich on a walk with a companion on the date Ms Cordingley disappeared have been presented to the jury, with an specialist saying he was confident the photos were authentic and had not been doctored in any way. The trial will resume to the more conventional setting of the courtroom on Tuesday.