🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in Prominent Down Under Homicide Trial Tours Beach Where Deceased Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded beach in northern Queensland back in 2018. Jurors overseeing a high-profile Queensland homicide case have been taken to the isolated beach where the victim was discovered. The 24-year-old victim was multiple times stabbed with a sharp object and buried in a sandy grave with minimal hope of surviving, the jury has heard. Her body were discovered by a family member the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of coastline between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. The accused, 41, has pleaded not guilty to killing Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Inspection to Beach The panel of 12 individuals plus several back-up jurors visited the beach along with the presiding officer and barristers on the start of the week local time. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley wore a T-shirt, sport shorts and sneakers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defense attorneys chose polo shirts, bottoms and baseball caps. Scene Particulars The court members were guided around 1.2km north up the sand to observe where Ms Cordingley's body were uncovered. Earlier, as they arrived by bus, several markers indicated where the victim's car had been left. The visit was designed to help the jurors become familiar with important sites in the trial and no official evidence was given. Background of the Trial Last week, the Cairns Supreme Court was informed that the day after Ms Cordingley's remains were found, the accused flew from Australia to India – abandoning his spouse, family and relatives. He was not heard from until he was apprehended four years later, the prosecution said. The judge with legal representatives and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is claimed 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 found wearing a bikini, with all her other clothes and belongings missing. Those items were taken by the killer to avoid detection, prosecutors allege. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a stroll, was located secured to a tree hidden 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 indirect – was made up of findings that indicated Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will include evidence that DNA obtained from a stick at the location was 3.8 billion times more likely to have originated from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the public. The court has already heard evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone departed the beach after the incident – and that its movements matched those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the defendant. 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 rushed single journey back to India," the prosecutor said last week as he began arguments. The defense is yet to present any evidence, but in his initial statement, Mr Singh's barrister the lawyer described his client as a "calm" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time." He also hinted at testimony to come later in the trial that, after his arrest, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had seen assailants attack Ms Cordingley and then had fled in terror – something he said was his "gravest error." Mr McGuire has also said he will give evidence about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under suspicion. Additional Evidence Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, the witness, whom police excluded as a person of interest, was among those who gave evidence last week. The trial was informed he was an immediate police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his partner's vanishing, even before her body were discovered. Photographs showing Mr Heidenreich on a hike with a friend on the day Ms Cordingley went missing have been shown to the jury, with an specialist saying he was confident the photos were authentic and had not been doctored in any manner. The case will resume to the more conventional setting of the courthouse on Tuesday.