🔗 Share this article Jury in High-Profile Down Under Homicide Case Tours Shoreline Where Victim Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a remote coastline in northern Queensland in 2018. Members of the jury involved in a widely publicized Australian murder trial have been taken to the remote shore where the victim was located. The 24-year-old victim was multiple times stabbed with a bladed weapon and buried in a sandy grave with little or no hope of surviving, the court has heard. Her body were discovered by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of coastline between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, denies killing Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in Far North Queensland. Court Inspection to Beach The jury of 10 men and two women plus three alternates visited the beach along with the presiding officer and legal counsel on Monday morning in Queensland. In a nod to the hot climate and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley wore a T-shirt, athletic wear and trainers rather than traditional court attire. Both the prosecuting and defense attorneys chose casual shirts, shorts and baseball caps. Location Details The court members were guided around three-quarters of a mile north up the sand to see where Ms Cordingley's body were discovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, several red and white cones showed where the victim's car had been parked. The visit was intended to help the panel become familiar with important sites in the trial and no official evidence was presented. Background of the Case Previously, the court was informed that the day after Ms Cordingley's remains were found, the accused departed from Australia to India – abandoning his wife, family and parents. He was not heard from until he was apprehended four years later, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with legal representatives and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. State Case It is claimed that the defendant, who was employed in healthcare in the town of Innisfail, south of Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a bikini, with her attire and belongings missing. Those items were taken by the killer to conceal evidence, prosecutors contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a stroll, was located secured to a post hidden in bushland about 30 metres from the grave. The weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been found. But the state says the evidence – though indirect – was comprised proof that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include testimony that DNA obtained from a stick at the scene was extremely more likely to have come from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the public. The jury has previously been told testimony suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone departed the scene after the incident – and that its movements corresponded with those of a vehicle belonging to the accused. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also suggested his involvement, the state has claimed. Defence Stance "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 opened his case. The defense is yet to present any evidence, but in his initial statement, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire described his defendant as a "calm" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time." He also foreshadowed testimony to come subsequently that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh told an undercover officer he had seen assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had fled in terror – something he said was his "biggest mistake." Mr McGuire has also said he will testify about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under suspicion. Additional Evidence Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, the witness, whom authorities excluded as a person of interest, was one who testified last week. The court heard he was an immediate police suspect – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's vanishing, even before her remains were discovered. Photographs showing Mr Heidenreich on a walk with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been presented to the court, with an specialist saying he was certain the pictures were genuine and had not been doctored in any way. The case will resume to the more conventional setting of the courthouse on the next day.