🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in Prominent Down Under Murder Case Visits Beach Where Victim Was Found The body of Toyah Cordingley were found on a remote beach in Far North Queensland in 2018. Jurors overseeing a high-profile Australian murder trial have been taken to the isolated shore where the young woman was located. Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly attacked with a bladed weapon and buried in a shallow grave with little or no chance of survival, the court has heard. Her body were discovered by her father the following day on Wangetti Beach – a section of coastline between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. The accused, 41, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia. Jury Inspection to Crime Scene The panel of 12 individuals plus several alternates visited the location along with the judge and legal counsel on Monday morning in Queensland. In a acknowledgment of the tropical conditions and sweltering heat, Justice Lincoln Crowley opted for a T-shirt, sport shorts and sneakers rather than traditional court attire. Both the lead prosecution and defense attorneys selected polo shirts, bottoms and baseball caps. Location Details The court members were led around 1.2km along the beach to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered. Earlier, as they arrived by bus, four markers showed where the vehicle had been left. The trip was designed to help the panel become acquainted with key locations in the case and no official evidence was presented. Background of the Case Last week, the Cairns Supreme Court heard that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were found, Mr Singh flew from Australia to India – abandoning his wife, 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 the defendant, who was working as a nurse in the community of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a swimwear, with her attire and belongings absent. Those objects were taken by the killer to conceal evidence, the prosecution contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a stroll, was found secured to a tree hidden in bushland about 100 feet from the grave. The weapon was found, and no eyewitnesses have been identified. But the state says the evidence – though indirect – was made up of findings that pointed to Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include evidence that DNA obtained from a object at the location was extremely more probable to have come from Mr Singh than a random member of the public. The court has previously been told testimony suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone left the beach after the killing – and that its travel matched those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the accused. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also suggested his involvement, the prosecution has argued. Defence Position "As the police were finding Toyah's body, he was organizing... a rushed single journey back to India," the prosecutor said last week as he began arguments. The defence is yet to present any evidence, but in his initial statement, the defense attorney Greg McGuire portrayed his client as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time." He also foreshadowed testimony to come later in the trial that, after his arrest, Mr Singh told an undercover officer he had witnessed two masked men assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away in fear – something he said was his "gravest error." The defense attorney has also said he will testify about individuals "identified and unidentified" who should come under investigation. Additional Evidence Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, Marco Heidenreich, whom authorities quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was one who gave evidence last week. The court heard he was an immediate police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's vanishing, even before her remains were found. Photographs showing the witness on a hike with a companion on the date Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the jury, with an specialist saying he was confident the photos were genuine and had not been doctored in any manner. The case will return to the more conventional setting of the courtroom on Tuesday.