🔗 Share this article Jury in Prominent Down Under Homicide Case Visits Beach Where Deceased Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded coastline in Far North Queensland in 2018. Members of the jury overseeing a widely publicized Australian homicide case have been taken to the remote beach where the victim was located. Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly attacked with a bladed weapon and buried in a sandy grave with minimal hope of surviving, the court has been told. Her body were found by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of coastline nestled between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, denies killing Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Inspection to Beach The panel of 10 men and two women plus three back-up jurors attended the beach along with the judge and barristers on the start of the week local time. In a nod to the hot climate and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley opted for a T-shirt, athletic wear and sneakers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defence barristers chose polo shirts, bottoms and headwear. Location Particulars The court members were led around 1.2km north up the sand to observe where Ms Cordingley's body were discovered. Earlier, as they traveled to the site, four red and white cones indicated where the victim's car had been parked. The trip was intended to help the jurors become acquainted with important sites in the case and no testimony was given. Context of the Case Previously, the court heard that the day after Ms Cordingley's body were found, the accused departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his wife, family and relatives. He was not heard from until he was apprehended years after, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with barristers and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Argument It is alleged that the defendant, who was working as a nurse in the community of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The pharmacy worker was discovered wearing a swimwear, with all her other clothes and belongings absent. Those objects were removed by the assailant to conceal evidence, prosecutors allege. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was found secured to a post hidden in bushland about 30 metres from the burial site. No murder weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been found. But the state says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was made up of findings that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will involve testimony that genetic material recovered 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 population. The jury has already heard testimony suggesting that Ms Cordingley's mobile device left the beach after the killing – and that its movements corresponded with those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the defendant. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also suggested his guilt, the prosecution has argued. Defense Position "As the police were discovering Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a rushed single journey back to India," Mr Crane said last week as he began arguments. The defence is yet to present any evidence, but in his opening address, the defense attorney Greg McGuire portrayed his client as a "placid" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "incorrect location 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 two masked men assault Ms Cordingley and then had fled in terror – something he said was his "biggest mistake." The defense attorney has also said he will testify about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Additional Testimony Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, Marco Heidenreich, whom police quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was among those who gave evidence previously. The trial was informed he was an initial person of interest – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his partner's vanishing, even before her remains were found. Images showing the witness on a walk with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley went missing have been shown to the court, with an expert saying he was confident the pictures were genuine and had not been doctored in any way. The trial will resume to the more conventional setting of the courthouse on the next day.