🔗 Share this article Jury in High-Profile Australian Homicide Trial Tours Shoreline Where Deceased Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded beach in Far North Queensland in 2018. Jurors involved in a high-profile Queensland murder trial have been taken to the remote shore where the young woman was discovered. The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly stabbed with a bladed weapon and placed in a sandy grave with minimal hope of surviving, the court has heard. Her body were found by a family member the following day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of shoreline between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. Rajwinder Singh, 41, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Inspection to Beach The panel of 10 men and two women plus several back-up jurors attended the beach along with the presiding officer and legal counsel on Monday morning in Queensland. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley opted for a T-shirt, sport shorts and sneakers rather than traditional court attire. Both the prosecuting and defence barristers chose casual shirts, bottoms and headwear. Location Particulars The court members were guided around 1.2km along the beach to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, four markers indicated where the victim's car had been left. The visit was designed to help the jurors become familiar with key locations in the trial and no official evidence was presented. Context of the Case Last week, the Cairns Supreme Court was informed that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his spouse, three children and relatives. He was out of contact until he was arrested years after, the state said. The judge with barristers and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is claimed that Mr Singh, who was employed in healthcare in the community of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The pharmacy worker was discovered wearing a swimwear, with her attire and most of her possessions absent. Those objects were removed by the assailant to conceal evidence, the prosecution contend. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was located secured to a tree hidden in bushland about 30 metres from the burial site. No murder weapon was found, and no eyewitnesses have been found. But the prosecution says the evidence – though circumstantial – was made up of findings that indicated Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will involve testimony that genetic material obtained from a object at the location was extremely more probable to have originated from Mr Singh than a random member of the population. The jury has already heard evidence indicating that Ms Cordingley's phone departed the scene after the incident – and that its movements matched those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the accused. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also pointed to his guilt, the state has claimed. Defence Position "As the police were finding Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a rushed single journey back to India," the prosecutor said previously as he opened his case. The defence is yet to provided testimony, but in his initial statement, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire portrayed his defendant as a "placid" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time." He also hinted at testimony to come subsequently that, after his arrest, Mr Singh told an undercover officer he had witnessed two masked men assault Ms Cordingley and then had fled in terror – something he said was his "biggest mistake." Mr McGuire has also said he will testify about other people "identified and unidentified" who should come under investigation. Additional Evidence Ms Cordingley's partner, Marco Heidenreich, whom authorities quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was one who testified last week. The trial heard he was an initial police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's disappearance, prior to her body were found. Images showing Mr Heidenreich on a hike with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been presented to the jury, with an expert saying he was confident the photos were authentic and had not been doctored in any manner. The trial will resume to the more conventional setting of the courthouse on Tuesday.