🔗 Share this article Jury in High-Profile Australian Murder Case Tours Shoreline Where Deceased Was Discovered The remains of Toyah Cordingley were found on a secluded coastline in Far North Queensland in 2018. Jurors overseeing a widely publicized Australian homicide case have traveled to the remote beach where the young woman was located. The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly stabbed with a sharp object and buried in a sandy resting place with minimal hope of surviving, the court has heard. Her body were discovered by her father the following day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of shoreline between the tourist centres 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 Crime Scene The panel of 10 men and two women plus several alternates attended the location along with the judge and barristers on Monday morning local time. In a acknowledgment of the tropical conditions and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley wore a casual top, athletic wear and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defense attorneys selected casual shirts, bottoms and headwear. Scene Details The court members were led around 1.2km north up the sand to see where Ms Cordingley's body were uncovered. Upon arrival, as they arrived by bus, four red and white cones showed where the vehicle had been parked. The trip was designed to help the jurors become acquainted with important sites in the trial and no official evidence was given. Background of the Trial Previously, the Cairns Supreme Court heard that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were found, Mr Singh flew from Australia to India – abandoning his spouse, three children and parents. He was not heard from until he was arrested four years later, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with legal representatives and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Argument It is alleged that Mr Singh, who was employed in healthcare in the community of Innisfail, south of Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a swimwear, with her attire and belongings absent. Those items were removed by the killer to conceal evidence, the prosecution allege. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was found tied up to a post hidden in shrubland about 30 metres from the burial site. No murder weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been found. But the prosecution says the evidence – though indirect – was comprised findings that pointed to Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will involve evidence that DNA obtained from a object at the scene was 3.8 billion times more likely to have originated from Mr Singh than a random member of the public. The court has already heard evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone left the scene after the killing – and that its travel matched those of a vehicle owned by the defendant. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also pointed to his involvement, the prosecution has argued. Defence Position "As the police were finding Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a hurriedly arranged one way trip back to India," Mr Crane said previously as he began arguments. The defence is has not present any evidence, but in his opening address, the defense attorney the lawyer described his defendant as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "wrong place at the unfortunate moment." He also foreshadowed evidence to come later in the trial that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh told an undercover officer he had seen two masked men attack Ms Cordingley and then had run away in fear – something he said was his "biggest mistake." The defense attorney has also said he will testify about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Further Testimony Ms Cordingley's partner, the witness, whom authorities excluded as a person of interest, was among those who testified previously. The court was informed he was an immediate person of interest – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's vanishing, even before her remains were found. Images showing Mr Heidenreich on a hike with a companion on the date Ms Cordingley went missing have been shown to the court, with an specialist saying he was confident the photos were authentic and had not been altered in any manner. The case will return to the standard environment of the courthouse on Tuesday.