🔗 Share this article Jury in Prominent Down Under Homicide Trial Visits Shoreline At Which 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 homicide case have traveled to the remote beach where the young woman was discovered. The 24-year-old victim was multiple times attacked with a sharp object and buried in a sandy grave with little or no hope of surviving, the court has heard. The remains were found by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of shoreline between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. The accused, 41, denies murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Inspection to Crime Scene The panel of 10 men and two women plus several back-up jurors visited the location along with the presiding officer and legal counsel on Monday morning in Queensland. In a acknowledgment of the tropical conditions and temperatures above 30C, the judge wore a T-shirt, athletic wear and sneakers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defence barristers selected polo shirts, bottoms and baseball caps. Location Details The jurors were led around 1.2km north up the sand to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, four markers indicated where the victim's car had been left. The trip was intended to help the jurors become familiar with key locations in the trial and no official evidence was presented. Context of the Case Previously, the Cairns Supreme Court heard that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – abandoning his wife, family and parents. He was not heard from until he was arrested four years later, the state said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with legal representatives and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. State Argument It is alleged that Mr Singh, who was working as a nurse in the town 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 dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was located secured to a post concealed in bushland about 100 feet from the burial site. The weapon was ever recovered, and no eyewitnesses have been identified. But the state says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was comprised findings that pointed to Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include testimony that genetic material recovered from a stick at the scene was extremely more likely to have originated from Mr Singh than a random member of the population. The court has already heard testimony indicating that Ms Cordingley's mobile device left the scene after the incident – and that its travel matched those of a blue Alfa Romeo belonging to the defendant. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also suggested his involvement, the state has claimed. Defense Position "While authorities were finding Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a rushed one way trip back to India," Mr Crane said last week as he began arguments. The defense is yet to provided testimony, but in his opening address, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire portrayed his defendant as a "placid" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the unfortunate moment." He also hinted at testimony to come subsequently that, after his arrest, Mr Singh informed an plainclothes agent he had seen two masked men attack Ms Cordingley and then had fled in terror – something he said was his "gravest error." The defense attorney has also said he will give evidence about other people "identified and unidentified" who should come under investigation. Further Evidence Ms Cordingley's partner, Marco Heidenreich, whom authorities quickly ruled out as a person of interest, was among those who testified last week. The trial was informed he was an immediate person of interest – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was involved in his girlfriend's vanishing, prior to her body were found. Photographs showing Mr Heidenreich on a walk with a companion on the date Ms Cordingley went missing have been presented to the jury, with an expert saying he was confident the pictures were authentic and had not been doctored in any way. The case will return to the standard environment of the courthouse on Tuesday.