🔗 Share this article Jury in High-Profile Australian Murder Trial Tours Shoreline At Which Victim Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded coastline in northern Queensland in 2018. Members of the jury involved in a high-profile Queensland murder trial have been taken to the isolated beach where the young woman was discovered. The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly attacked with a bladed weapon and buried in a shallow grave with minimal hope of surviving, the court has heard. Her body were discovered by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of shoreline 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. Court Visit to Crime Scene The panel of 12 individuals plus three back-up jurors attended the location along with the judge and legal counsel on the start of the week local time. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and sweltering heat, the judge wore a T-shirt, sport shorts and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defence barristers chose casual shirts, shorts and headwear. Location Details The jurors were led around 1.2km along the beach to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, four red and white cones showed where the vehicle had been parked. The visit was designed to help the panel become familiar with important sites in the case and no official evidence was given. Background of the Trial Previously, the Cairns Supreme Court was informed that the day after Ms Cordingley's body were found, the accused flew from Australia to India – leaving behind his spouse, three children and relatives. He was out of contact until he was arrested years after, the prosecution said. The judge with barristers and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Argument 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 pharmacy worker was found wearing a bikini, with all her other clothes and belongings missing. Those objects were removed by the killer to avoid detection, the prosecution contend. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a stroll, was located secured to a post concealed in shrubland about 30 metres from the grave. The weapon was found, and no eyewitnesses have been found. But the state says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was comprised proof that indicated Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will include evidence that DNA recovered from a object at the scene was extremely more probable to have originated from Mr Singh than a random member of the population. The jury has already heard evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's mobile device departed the beach after the incident – 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 "As the police were discovering Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a hurriedly arranged single journey back to India," the prosecutor said previously as he opened his case. The defense is has not provided testimony, but in his initial statement, the defense attorney the lawyer portrayed his client as a "calm" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time." He also foreshadowed testimony to come later in the trial that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had witnessed two masked men assault Ms Cordingley and then had fled in fear – something he said was his "gravest error." Mr McGuire has also said he will give evidence about other people "identified and unidentified" who should come under investigation. Additional Evidence Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, the witness, whom police quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was among those who testified previously. The trial heard he was an initial person of interest – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was involved in his partner's vanishing, even before her body were found. Photographs depicting Mr Heidenreich on a hike with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the jury, with an specialist saying he was confident the pictures were authentic and had not been altered in any manner. The trial will return to the more conventional setting of the courtroom on the next day.