🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in High-Profile Australian Homicide Case Tours Shoreline Where Victim Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded beach in Far North Queensland back in 2018. Jurors overseeing a widely publicized Queensland murder trial have been taken to the isolated shore where the victim was discovered. The 24-year-old victim was multiple times stabbed with a sharp object and placed in a shallow resting place 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 shoreline nestled between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, has pleaded not guilty to killing Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in Far North Queensland. Court Visit to Crime Scene The jury of 10 men and two women plus several back-up jurors attended the beach along with the judge and barristers on the start of the week local time. In a nod to the hot climate and sweltering heat, the judge wore a T-shirt, sport shorts and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the lead prosecution and defense attorneys chose polo shirts, shorts and baseball caps. Location Details The jurors were guided around three-quarters of a mile north up the sand to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered. Earlier, as they arrived by bus, four 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 case and no testimony was presented. Background of the Case Last week, the court was informed that the day after Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – abandoning his wife, family and parents. He was not heard from until he was arrested years after, the prosecution said. The judge with legal representatives and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is alleged that Mr Singh, who was working as a nurse in the community of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a confrontation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was discovered wearing a swimwear, with all her other clothes and most of her possessions missing. Those objects were removed by the assailant to conceal evidence, prosecutors contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a stroll, was found secured to a post concealed in bushland about 30 metres from the burial site. The weapon was found, and no eyewitnesses have been identified. But the state says the evidence – though circumstantial – was comprised proof that indicated Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will involve evidence that genetic material recovered from a stick at the scene was 3.8 billion times more likely to have come from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the population. The court has already heard testimony indicating that Ms Cordingley's mobile device departed the scene after the incident – and that its movements corresponded with those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the accused. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also suggested his guilt, the prosecution has claimed. Defence Stance "As the police were finding Toyah's body, he was organizing... a rushed one way trip back to India," the prosecutor said last week as he opened his case. The defence is yet to present any evidence, but in his opening address, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire described his defendant as a "calm" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the wrong time." He also foreshadowed evidence to come later in the trial that, after his arrest, Mr Singh told an plainclothes agent he had seen two masked men attack Ms Cordingley and then had fled in fear – something he said was his "biggest mistake." Mr McGuire has also said he will give evidence about other people "identified and unidentified" who should come under suspicion. Additional Evidence Ms Cordingley's partner, the witness, whom authorities excluded as a person of interest, was one who testified last week. The court was informed he was an immediate police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was involved in his girlfriend's disappearance, prior to her body were discovered. Photographs showing the witness on a walk with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley went missing have been shown to the jury, with an specialist saying he was confident the pictures were authentic and had not been altered in any way. The case will return to the more conventional setting of the courtroom on the next day.