🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in Prominent Australian Homicide Trial Visits Shoreline At Which Victim Was Discovered The body of Toyah Cordingley were found on a remote beach in Far North Queensland back in 2018. Jurors involved in a high-profile Australian murder trial have been taken to the remote shore where the victim was located. The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly attacked with a bladed weapon and placed in a shallow grave with minimal chance of survival, the court has been told. The remains were discovered by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of coastline nestled between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, denies killing Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Inspection to Beach The panel of 12 individuals plus several back-up jurors visited the location along with the presiding officer and legal counsel on the start of the week in Queensland. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and sweltering heat, the judge opted for a T-shirt, athletic wear and sneakers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defence barristers selected casual shirts, shorts and headwear. Location Particulars The court members were led around three-quarters of a mile along the beach to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, four red and white cones indicated where the vehicle had been left. The trip was designed to help the jurors become acquainted with important sites in the trial and no testimony was presented. Background of the Trial Previously, the court was informed that the day after Ms Cordingley's body were discovered, Mr Singh flew from Australia to India – abandoning his spouse, family and parents. He was out of contact until he was apprehended years after, the state said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with barristers and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is claimed that Mr Singh, who was employed in healthcare in the community of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a confrontation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a bikini, with her attire and most of her possessions absent. Those items were taken by the assailant to avoid detection, the prosecution contend. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was found tied up to a tree hidden in shrubland about 100 feet from the burial site. No murder weapon was ever recovered, and no eyewitnesses have been found. But the state says the evidence – though circumstantial – was comprised findings that pointed to Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will involve evidence that genetic material obtained from a object at the scene was extremely more probable to have originated from Mr Singh than a random member of the public. The court has already heard evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's mobile device left the scene after the killing – and that its movements matched those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the accused. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also pointed to his guilt, the prosecution has argued. Defence Position "While authorities were finding Toyah's remains, he was arranging... a rushed single journey back to India," Mr Crane said last week as he began arguments. The defence is has not present any evidence, but in his initial statement, Mr Singh's barrister the lawyer portrayed his defendant as a "placid" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time." He also hinted at testimony to come later in the trial that, after his arrest, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had seen assailants 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. Additional Testimony Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, Marco Heidenreich, whom authorities quickly ruled out as a person of interest, was one who gave evidence previously. The court was informed he was an immediate police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's vanishing, prior to her remains were discovered. Images showing Mr Heidenreich on a walk with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley went missing have been presented to the court, with an specialist saying he was certain the photos were authentic and had not been altered in any manner. The trial will return to the more conventional setting of the courthouse on Tuesday.