🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in High-Profile Down Under Homicide Case Tours Shoreline At Which Victim Was Discovered The body of Toyah Cordingley were found on a secluded coastline in Far North Queensland back in 2018. Members of the jury overseeing a widely publicized Queensland murder trial have been taken to the isolated beach where the victim was discovered. Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly attacked with a sharp object and buried in a shallow resting place with little or no chance of survival, the jury has heard. The remains were found by a family member the following day on Wangetti Beach – a section of shoreline nestled between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in Far North Queensland. Court Visit to Beach The panel of 12 individuals plus several alternates visited the location along with the judge and legal counsel on Monday morning local time. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and sweltering heat, Justice Lincoln Crowley wore a casual top, athletic wear and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the lead prosecution and defence barristers chose casual shirts, bottoms and headwear. Scene Details The jurors were led around 1.2km north up the sand to observe where Ms Cordingley's body were discovered. Upon arrival, as they arrived by bus, four red and white cones showed where the vehicle had been parked. The trip was designed to help the jurors become acquainted with important sites in the case and no official evidence was given. Context of the Trial Last week, the Cairns Supreme Court heard that the day after Ms Cordingley's body were discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his wife, family and relatives. He was not heard from until he was arrested four years later, the state said. The judge with barristers and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Argument It is alleged that the defendant, who was working as a nurse in the community of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a confrontation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a bikini, with all her other clothes and most of her possessions absent. Those items were taken by the assailant to avoid detection, the prosecution allege. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was located secured to a tree concealed in shrubland about 100 feet from the grave. No murder weapon was ever recovered, and no eyewitnesses have been found. But the prosecution says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was made up of findings that pointed to Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include testimony that genetic material recovered from a object at the scene was 3.8 billion times more probable to have come from Mr Singh than a random member of the population. The jury has already heard evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone left the scene after the incident – 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 prosecution has argued. Defense Position "As the police were discovering Toyah's body, he was organizing... a hurriedly arranged single journey back to India," the prosecutor said last week as he began arguments. The defence is has not provided testimony, but in his opening address, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire portrayed his defendant as a "calm" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the wrong time." He also hinted at evidence to come later in the trial that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh told an plainclothes agent he had seen assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away in terror – something he said was his "biggest mistake." Mr McGuire has also said he will testify about individuals "identified and unidentified" who should come under suspicion. Additional Testimony Ms Cordingley's partner, Marco Heidenreich, whom police quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was among those who gave evidence last week. The court was informed he was an initial person of interest – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his partner's disappearance, even before her remains were found. Images showing the witness on a hike with a companion on the date Ms Cordingley went missing have been presented to the jury, with an specialist saying he was confident the pictures were genuine and had not been doctored in any way. The trial will resume to the more conventional setting of the courthouse on Tuesday.