🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in High-Profile Australian Murder Case Tours Shoreline At Which Victim Was Found The body of Toyah Cordingley were found on a secluded beach in northern Queensland back in 2018. Members of the jury involved in a widely publicized Queensland murder trial have traveled to the remote shore where the victim was located. Toyah Cordingley was multiple times attacked with a sharp object and placed in a shallow grave with little or no chance of survival, the court has heard. The remains were discovered by her father 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 Far North Queensland. Jury Inspection to Beach The jury of 12 individuals plus several back-up jurors attended the beach along with the presiding officer and legal counsel on Monday morning local time. In a nod to the hot climate and temperatures above 30C, the judge wore a T-shirt, athletic wear and trainers rather than traditional court attire. Both the lead prosecution and defence barristers chose casual shirts, bottoms and headwear. Scene Particulars The jurors were guided around three-quarters of a mile north up the sand to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, several red and white cones showed where the vehicle had been left. The trip was intended to help the jurors become acquainted with important sites in the case and no testimony was presented. Background of the Case Last week, the court heard that the day after Ms Cordingley's remains were found, the accused flew from Australia to India – abandoning his wife, three children and relatives. He was out of contact until he was apprehended years after, the state said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with barristers and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. State Case It is alleged that the defendant, who was employed in healthcare in the community of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a swimwear, with all her other clothes and most of her possessions absent. Those objects were taken by the assailant to avoid detection, the prosecution contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a stroll, was located tied up to a post concealed in shrubland about 100 feet from the burial site. The weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been found. But the state says the evidence – though circumstantial – was made up of findings that pointed to Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include 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 random member of the public. The jury has previously been told evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's mobile device left the beach after the killing – and that its movements corresponded with those of a vehicle belonging to the defendant. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also suggested his involvement, the state has argued. Defence Position "While authorities were discovering Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a rushed one way trip back to India," the prosecutor said previously as he began arguments. The defense is yet to present any evidence, but in his initial statement, the defense attorney the lawyer portrayed his defendant as a "placid" and "caring" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the unfortunate moment." He also foreshadowed evidence to come subsequently that, after his arrest, Mr Singh told an undercover officer he had witnessed assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had fled in fear – something he said was his "biggest mistake." The defense attorney has also said he will give evidence about individuals "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Further Testimony Ms Cordingley's partner, the witness, whom authorities quickly ruled out as a person of interest, was one who gave evidence previously. The court was informed 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 vanishing, prior to her remains were discovered. Images depicting Mr Heidenreich on a walk with a friend on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the court, with an expert saying he was confident the pictures were genuine and had not been altered in any manner. The trial will resume to the more conventional setting of the courtroom on Tuesday.