🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in High-Profile Down Under Murder Trial Visits Shoreline At Which Deceased Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded coastline in northern Queensland back in 2018. Jurors involved in a high-profile Australian murder trial have traveled to the remote shore 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 court has been told. The remains were found by a family member the following day on Wangetti Beach – a section of coastline between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. The accused, 41, denies murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in Far North Queensland. Court Inspection to Crime Scene The jury of 12 individuals plus three alternates visited the beach along with the presiding officer and legal counsel on Monday morning in Queensland. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and sweltering heat, the judge wore a T-shirt, athletic wear and sneakers rather than a wig and robes. Both the lead prosecution and defence barristers chose polo shirts, bottoms and headwear. Scene Details The court members were guided around 1.2km along the beach to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, several red and white cones indicated where the vehicle had been parked. The trip was designed to help the panel become familiar with key locations in the case and no official evidence was presented. Background of the Trial Previously, the court heard that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were found, the accused departed from Australia to India – abandoning his wife, three children and relatives. He was not heard from until he was apprehended four years later, 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 employed in healthcare in the town of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a confrontation with Ms Cordingley. The victim was found wearing a swimwear, with all her other clothes and most of her possessions absent. Those items were removed by the killer to avoid detection, prosecutors allege. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was found tied up to a tree hidden in bushland about 30 metres from the burial site. No murder weapon was ever recovered, and no eyewitnesses have been found. But the state says the evidence – though circumstantial – was made up of proof that pointed to Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will involve evidence that genetic material recovered from a stick at the location was extremely more probable to have originated from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the population. The court has previously been told evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone departed the scene after the incident – and that its travel matched those of a blue Alfa Romeo belonging to the defendant. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also pointed to his involvement, the state has claimed. Defence Stance "As the police were finding Toyah's remains, he was arranging... a rushed single journey back to India," the prosecutor said last week as he began arguments. The defense is has not present any evidence, but in his opening address, the defense attorney Greg McGuire described his client as a "calm" and "compassionate" 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 informed an plainclothes agent he had seen assailants attack Ms Cordingley and then had fled in terror – something he said was his "biggest mistake." Mr McGuire has also said he will testify about other people "identified and unidentified" who should come under suspicion. Further Testimony Ms Cordingley's partner, Marco Heidenreich, whom police excluded as a possible suspect, was among those who gave evidence last week. The trial was informed he was an immediate police suspect – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his partner's vanishing, even before her remains were found. Photographs showing the witness on a hike with a friend on the date Ms Cordingley went missing have been presented to the court, with an expert saying he was certain the photos were authentic and had not been altered in any way. The trial will return to the standard environment of the courtroom on the next day.