🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in Prominent Down Under Homicide Trial Tours Beach At Which Deceased Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley were found on a secluded beach in Far North Queensland in 2018. Jurors involved in a widely publicized Australian homicide case have been taken to the remote beach where the victim was discovered. The 24-year-old victim was multiple times attacked with a sharp object and placed in a shallow grave with minimal chance of survival, the jury has been told. Her body were discovered by her father the following day on Wangetti Beach – a section of coastline nestled 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 Inspection to Beach The jury of 10 men and two women plus several alternates attended the beach along with the presiding officer and barristers on Monday morning in Queensland. In a nod to the tropical conditions and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley wore a casual top, sport shorts and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the lead prosecution and defense attorneys selected casual shirts, shorts and headwear. Scene Details The jurors were led around three-quarters of a mile along the beach to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, several markers indicated 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. Context of the Case Last week, the Cairns Supreme Court heard that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his spouse, family and parents. He was not heard from until he was apprehended years after, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with barristers and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is claimed that Mr Singh, who was employed in healthcare in the town of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The pharmacy worker was discovered wearing a swimwear, with her attire and belongings missing. Those items were taken by the killer to avoid detection, the prosecution allege. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was found secured to a post concealed in bushland about 100 feet from the burial site. The weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been found. But the prosecution says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was made up of proof that indicated Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will involve evidence that genetic material recovered from a object at the location was extremely more probable to have come from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the public. The court has previously been told evidence indicating that Ms Cordingley's mobile device departed 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 pointed to his guilt, the state has claimed. Defense Stance "While authorities were discovering Toyah's remains, he was arranging... a rushed single journey back to India," the prosecutor said previously as he opened his case. The defense is yet to present any evidence, but in his initial statement, the defense attorney Greg McGuire described his client as a "placid" and "caring" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the wrong time." He also foreshadowed testimony to come later in the trial that, after his arrest, Mr Singh informed an plainclothes agent he had witnessed assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away in terror – something he said was his "gravest error." The defense attorney has also said he will testify about other people "identified and unidentified" who should come under suspicion. Further Evidence Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, Marco Heidenreich, whom authorities excluded as a person of interest, was one who gave evidence last week. The trial was informed he was an initial police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was involved in his girlfriend's vanishing, prior to her remains were found. Photographs depicting the witness on a walk with a companion on the date Ms Cordingley disappeared have been presented to the jury, with an specialist saying he was confident the pictures were authentic and had not been doctored in any manner. The trial will resume to the more conventional setting of the courtroom on Tuesday.