🔗 Share this article Jury in Prominent Australian Homicide Case Tours Beach At Which Victim Was Discovered The body of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a remote coastline in Far North Queensland back in 2018. Members of the jury involved in a widely publicized Queensland murder trial have been taken to the remote shore where the young woman was discovered. Toyah Cordingley was multiple times stabbed with a sharp object and placed in a shallow grave with little or no hope of surviving, the court has heard. Her body were found by a family member the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of shoreline between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. The accused, 41, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Visit to Crime Scene The panel of 12 individuals plus three back-up jurors attended the location along with the presiding officer and barristers on Monday morning local time. In a nod to the hot climate and sweltering heat, Justice Lincoln Crowley opted for a T-shirt, athletic wear and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defense attorneys selected polo shirts, shorts and baseball caps. Scene Details The jurors were led around 1.2km north up the sand to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered. Earlier, as they arrived by bus, several red and white cones indicated where the vehicle had been left. The visit was designed to help the panel become acquainted with important sites in the case and no testimony was presented. Context of the Case Previously, the Cairns Supreme Court was informed 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 apprehended years after, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with legal representatives and other personnel at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Argument It is alleged 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 discovered wearing a swimwear, with all her other clothes and most of her possessions absent. Those objects were removed by the assailant to avoid detection, prosecutors contend. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was located tied up to a post concealed in bushland about 100 feet from the burial site. The weapon was found, and no eyewitnesses have been identified. But the prosecution says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was made up of findings that pointed to Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will include testimony that genetic material recovered from a stick at the location was extremely more likely to have originated from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the population. The jury has previously been told evidence indicating that Ms Cordingley's mobile device left the beach after the incident – and that its travel corresponded with those of a vehicle belonging to the accused. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also suggested his guilt, the prosecution has claimed. Defence Stance "As the police were discovering Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a rushed single journey back to India," the prosecutor said last week as he began arguments. The defence is has not present any evidence, but in his opening address, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire portrayed his client as a "calm" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "wrong place at the unfortunate moment." He also hinted at evidence to come subsequently that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had seen assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had fled in terror – something he said was his "biggest mistake." Mr McGuire has also said he will give evidence about individuals "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Additional Evidence Ms Cordingley's partner, the witness, whom police quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was one who testified last week. The court heard he was an immediate person of interest – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was involved in his girlfriend's vanishing, even before her body were found. Images depicting the witness on a walk with a companion on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the jury, with an expert 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 courthouse on Tuesday.