🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in High-Profile Australian Murder Case Visits Shoreline At Which Deceased Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a remote beach in northern Queensland back in 2018. Members of the jury involved in a high-profile Queensland murder trial have traveled to the isolated beach where the victim was discovered. Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly stabbed with a bladed weapon and placed in a sandy resting place with minimal chance of survival, the jury has heard. The remains were discovered by a family member the following day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of coastline nestled between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, denies killing Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Visit to Beach The panel of 10 men and two women plus three back-up jurors visited the beach along with the presiding officer and barristers on Monday morning in Queensland. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and temperatures above 30C, the judge wore a T-shirt, athletic wear and trainers rather than traditional court attire. Both the lead prosecution and defense attorneys selected casual shirts, shorts and baseball caps. Scene Particulars The court members were guided around 1.2km along the beach to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Earlier, as they traveled to the site, several markers indicated where the victim's car had been parked. The visit was designed to help the panel become acquainted with important sites in the trial and no official evidence was presented. Background of the Case Previously, the court heard that the day after Ms Cordingley's body were found, Mr Singh flew from Australia to India – abandoning his wife, family and relatives. He was out of contact until he was arrested four years later, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with barristers and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is claimed that Mr Singh, who was working as a nurse 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 most of her possessions missing. Those objects were taken by the killer to conceal evidence, prosecutors contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a stroll, was located secured to a tree concealed in bushland about 30 metres from the burial site. The weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been identified. But the state says the evidence – though circumstantial – was comprised proof that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will involve evidence that DNA obtained from a object at the location was 3.8 billion times more probable to have come from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the public. The court has already heard evidence indicating that Ms Cordingley's phone left the scene after the killing – and that its travel corresponded with those of a vehicle belonging to the accused. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also pointed to his guilt, the prosecution has claimed. Defense Position "While authorities were discovering Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a rushed one way trip back to India," Mr Crane said last week as he opened his case. The defence is yet to present any evidence, but in his opening address, the defense attorney Greg McGuire described his defendant as a "placid" and "caring" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the wrong time." He also foreshadowed testimony to come later in the trial that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh informed an plainclothes agent he had seen two masked men assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away in fear – something he said was his "gravest error." Mr McGuire has also said he will testify about individuals "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Further Testimony Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, Marco Heidenreich, whom authorities excluded as a person of interest, was among those who testified last week. The court heard he was an initial police suspect – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his partner's vanishing, prior to her body were found. Photographs showing Mr Heidenreich on a hike with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the court, with an expert saying he was certain the pictures were genuine and had not been doctored in any manner. The trial will return to the standard environment of the courthouse on the next day.