🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in High-Profile Down Under Homicide Case Tours Shoreline Where Victim Was Found The body of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a remote beach in Far North Queensland in 2018. Members of the jury overseeing a high-profile Australian murder trial have traveled to the remote beach where the victim was discovered. Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly stabbed with a bladed weapon and buried in a sandy grave with minimal chance of survival, the jury has heard. Her body were discovered by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of coastline nestled between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in Far North Queensland. Jury Visit to Crime Scene The jury of 10 men and two women plus three alternates attended the beach along with the presiding officer and legal counsel on Monday morning in Queensland. In a acknowledgment of the tropical conditions and sweltering heat, the judge wore a casual top, athletic wear and sneakers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defence barristers selected polo shirts, shorts and headwear. Location Particulars The court members were led 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 indicated where the victim's car had been parked. The visit was intended to help the panel become acquainted with key locations in the case and no official evidence was presented. Background of the Case Previously, the Cairns Supreme Court heard that the day after Ms Cordingley's body were discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – abandoning his wife, family and relatives. He was not heard from until he was arrested years after, the state said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with barristers and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is alleged that the defendant, who was employed in healthcare in the town of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a swimwear, with all her other clothes and belongings absent. Those objects were taken by the assailant to conceal evidence, the prosecution contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a stroll, was found secured to a post concealed in shrubland about 30 metres from the burial site. The weapon was found, and no one have been identified. But the prosecution says the crown's case – though indirect – was comprised proof that indicated Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will involve evidence that DNA recovered from a object at the scene was 3.8 billion times more likely to have originated from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the population. The jury has previously been told evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's mobile device departed the beach after the killing – and that its travel corresponded with those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the accused. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also suggested his involvement, the state has argued. Defense Stance "While authorities were finding Toyah's body, he was organizing... a hurriedly arranged single journey back to India," the prosecutor said previously as he began arguments. The defense is yet to provided testimony, but in his opening address, the defense attorney Greg McGuire described his defendant as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time." He also hinted at evidence to come subsequently that, after his arrest, Mr Singh told an plainclothes agent he had witnessed two masked men assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away in fear – something he said was his "gravest error." The defense attorney has also said he will give evidence about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Further Evidence Ms Cordingley's partner, the witness, whom authorities excluded as a person of interest, was one who gave evidence last week. The trial heard he was an initial person of interest – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's disappearance, even before her remains were discovered. Images showing Mr Heidenreich on a walk with a friend on the date Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the court, with an specialist saying he was confident the photos were genuine and had not been altered in any way. The case will resume to the standard environment of the courthouse on Tuesday.