🔗 Share this article Jury in High-Profile Australian Homicide Case Visits Beach Where Victim Was Discovered The body of Toyah Cordingley were found on a secluded beach in northern Queensland back in 2018. Jurors overseeing a widely publicized Queensland homicide case have been taken to the isolated beach where the victim was located. Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly stabbed with a bladed weapon and buried in a sandy resting place with little or no hope of surviving, the jury has been told. Her body were found by her father the following day on Wangetti Beach – a section of coastline nestled between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. The accused, 41, denies murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia. Jury Visit to Crime Scene The jury of 12 individuals plus several alternates visited the beach along with the judge 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 traditional court attire. Both the lead prosecution and defence barristers selected polo shirts, shorts and baseball caps. Scene Details The court members were led around three-quarters of a mile north up the sand to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, several markers indicated where the victim's car had been parked. The trip was intended to help the jurors become acquainted with important sites in the case and no testimony was given. Background of the Trial Last week, the court was informed that the day after Ms Cordingley's body were found, Mr Singh departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his wife, family and relatives. He was not heard from until he was apprehended four years later, the prosecution said. The judge with barristers and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is alleged that Mr Singh, who was employed in healthcare in the town of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a bikini, with her attire and most of her possessions missing. Those items were removed by the killer to conceal evidence, the prosecution contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was located secured to a tree concealed in shrubland about 30 metres from the grave. No murder weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been identified. But the prosecution says the evidence – though circumstantial – was comprised findings that pointed to Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include testimony that DNA obtained from a object 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 beach after the incident – and that its travel matched those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the defendant. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also suggested his guilt, the state has argued. Defense Stance "As the police were finding Toyah's body, he was organizing... a hurriedly arranged 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 opening address, the defense attorney Greg McGuire portrayed his client as a "placid" and "caring" man, who was in the "wrong place at the unfortunate moment." He also foreshadowed testimony to come later in the trial that, after his arrest, Mr Singh informed an plainclothes agent he had seen two masked men attack Ms Cordingley and then had run away in fear – something he said was his "gravest error." The defense attorney has also said he will give evidence about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Additional Testimony Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, the witness, whom police quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was one who gave evidence previously. The trial was informed he was an initial person of interest – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his partner's vanishing, prior to her body were discovered. Images showing the witness on a walk with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley went missing 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 return to the more conventional setting of the courthouse on the next day.