🔗 Share this article Jury in Prominent Down Under Homicide Case Visits Shoreline Where Deceased Was Discovered The remains of Toyah Cordingley were found on a remote coastline in northern Queensland back in 2018. Jurors overseeing a widely publicized Australian homicide case have been taken to the remote beach where the young woman was located. Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly attacked with a bladed weapon and placed in a shallow resting place with minimal hope of surviving, the jury has been told. Her body were found by a family member the next day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of shoreline between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Visit to Crime Scene The jury of 12 individuals plus several alternates visited the location along with the judge and legal counsel on the start of the week in Queensland. In a acknowledgment of the tropical conditions and sweltering heat, the judge opted for a casual top, athletic wear and sneakers rather than a wig and robes. Both the lead prosecution and defense attorneys selected casual shirts, shorts and headwear. Location Particulars The jurors were guided around 1.2km along the beach to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Earlier, as they traveled to the site, four red and white cones showed where the victim's car had been left. The trip was intended to help the jurors become acquainted with important sites in the trial and no testimony 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 – abandoning his wife, family and parents. He was not heard from until he was arrested years after, the state said. The judge with barristers and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Argument It is alleged that Mr Singh, who was employed in healthcare in the town of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a confrontation with Ms Cordingley. The pharmacy worker was found wearing a bikini, with her attire and belongings absent. Those items were removed by the assailant to conceal evidence, prosecutors allege. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was found secured to a post hidden in shrubland about 30 metres from the grave. The weapon was found, and no eyewitnesses have been identified. But the prosecution says the evidence – though indirect – was comprised proof that pointed to Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will include evidence that genetic material recovered from a stick at the location was extremely 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 phone departed the scene after the killing – and that its travel corresponded with those of a vehicle owned by the accused. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also suggested his involvement, the prosecution has argued. Defense Position "While authorities were finding Toyah's body, he was organizing... a hurriedly arranged single journey back to India," the prosecutor said last week as he began arguments. The defense is yet to present any evidence, but in his opening address, the defense attorney the lawyer portrayed his client as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the wrong time." He also hinted at testimony to come subsequently that, after his arrest, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had seen two masked men attack Ms Cordingley and then had run away in terror – something he said was his "gravest error." The defense attorney has also said he will testify about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Further Evidence Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, the witness, whom police quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was one who gave evidence last week. The trial heard he was an immediate person of interest – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was involved in his partner's disappearance, prior to her remains were discovered. Images showing the witness on a hike with a companion on the date Ms Cordingley disappeared have been presented to the court, with an specialist saying he was confident the pictures were genuine and had not been doctored in any way. The case will resume to the standard environment of the courtroom on the next day.