🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in High-Profile Australian Homicide Case Visits Beach At Which Victim Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a remote beach in northern Queensland in 2018. Members of the jury involved in a widely publicized Australian murder trial have been taken to the isolated beach where the young woman was located. Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly attacked with a bladed weapon and buried in a sandy resting place with minimal chance of survival, the court has been told. The remains were discovered 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, denies killing Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Visit to Crime Scene The jury of 12 individuals plus three back-up jurors visited the location along with the judge and barristers on the start of the week local time. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and sweltering heat, the judge opted for a casual top, sport shorts and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defence barristers selected casual shirts, bottoms and headwear. Scene Details The court members were led around three-quarters of a mile north up the sand to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered. Earlier, as they arrived by bus, four markers indicated where the vehicle had been parked. The trip was designed to help the panel become acquainted with important sites in the case and no official evidence was presented. Context of the Case Previously, the court was informed that the following day Ms Cordingley's body were discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his spouse, three children and parents. He was out of contact until he was apprehended years after, the prosecution said. The judge with barristers and other personnel 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 discovered wearing a swimwear, with all her other clothes and belongings absent. Those items were removed by the assailant to avoid detection, prosecutors contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was located tied up to a post hidden in bushland about 100 feet from the burial site. The weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been found. But the state says the evidence – though indirect – was made up of findings that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will involve testimony that genetic material obtained from a object at the location was 3.8 billion times more probable to have originated from Mr Singh than a random member of the public. The jury has previously been told testimony suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone left the scene after the incident – and that its travel corresponded with those of a vehicle owned by the defendant. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also pointed to his guilt, the state has argued. Defense Position "As the police were finding Toyah's body, he was arranging... a hurriedly arranged one way trip back to India," the prosecutor said previously as he opened his case. The defence is yet to present any evidence, but in his opening address, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire portrayed his defendant as a "calm" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time." He also hinted at evidence to come subsequently that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh informed an plainclothes agent he had seen assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had fled in terror – something he said was his "gravest error." 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 partner, the witness, whom authorities quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was one who testified previously. The trial was informed he was an immediate police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was involved in his partner's disappearance, even before her remains were discovered. Images depicting Mr Heidenreich on a hike with a friend on the date Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the court, with an expert saying he was certain the photos were genuine and had not been doctored in any manner. The case will resume to the standard environment of the courthouse on Tuesday.