🔗 Share this article Jury in Prominent Down Under Murder Case Tours Shoreline Where Victim Was Discovered The body of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded coastline in northern Queensland in 2018. Jurors involved in a widely publicized Queensland homicide case have traveled to the isolated shore where the victim was located. The 24-year-old victim was multiple times attacked with a bladed weapon and buried in a sandy resting place with little or no chance of survival, the jury has been told. Her body were found by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of coastline nestled between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia. Jury Visit to Beach The panel of 10 men and two women plus several back-up jurors visited the beach along with the judge and legal counsel on Monday morning local time. In a acknowledgment of the tropical conditions and temperatures above 30C, the judge opted for a T-shirt, sport shorts and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defense attorneys chose casual shirts, bottoms and headwear. Location Particulars The court members were guided around three-quarters of a mile north up the sand to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, four markers indicated where the vehicle had been left. The visit was intended to help the jurors 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 discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – abandoning his spouse, three children and parents. 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. State Argument 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 pharmacy worker was found wearing a swimwear, with all her other clothes and belongings absent. Those items were taken by the assailant to conceal evidence, prosecutors allege. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was located tied up to a post hidden in bushland about 100 feet from the grave. The weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been identified. But the prosecution says the evidence – though circumstantial – was comprised findings that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include evidence that genetic material recovered from a object at the scene was 3.8 billion times more probable to have originated from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the public. The jury has already heard evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone departed the beach after the killing – and that its movements corresponded with those of a vehicle belonging to the accused. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also pointed to his involvement, the prosecution has claimed. Defence Position "As the police were finding Toyah's body, he was arranging... a rushed one way trip back to India," Mr Crane said previously as he opened his case. The defense is has not present any evidence, but in his initial statement, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire portrayed his client as a "calm" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the unfortunate moment." He also hinted at evidence to come subsequently that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had seen two masked men assault Ms Cordingley and then had fled in fear – something he said was his "biggest mistake." The defense attorney has also said he will testify about individuals "identified and unidentified" who should come under investigation. Additional Testimony Ms Cordingley's partner, Marco Heidenreich, whom police quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was one who gave evidence last week. The court heard he was an immediate 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 body were discovered. Images showing Mr Heidenreich on a walk with a companion on the date Ms Cordingley went missing have been shown to the court, with an expert saying he was certain the pictures were authentic and had not been doctored in any way. The case will resume to the standard environment of the courtroom on the next day.