🔗 Share this article Panel of Jurors in Prominent Down Under Murder Trial Visits Shoreline Where Victim Was Found The remains of Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a secluded coastline in Far North Queensland back in 2018. Jurors involved in a high-profile Australian murder trial have been taken to the remote shore where the victim was located. The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly stabbed with a bladed weapon and buried in a shallow resting place with minimal chance of survival, the jury has heard. The remains were discovered by a family member the following day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of coastline nestled between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. The accused, 41, denies killing Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia. Court Inspection to Beach The jury of 10 men and two women plus three alternates visited the beach along with the presiding officer and barristers on the start of the week local time. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and sweltering heat, the judge wore a T-shirt, sport shorts and trainers rather than a wig and robes. Both the prosecuting and defense attorneys selected polo shirts, shorts and baseball caps. Location Details The court members were guided around three-quarters of a mile north up the sand to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Upon arrival, as they traveled to the site, several red and white cones showed where the vehicle had been left. The visit was designed to help the panel become familiar with key locations in the case and no testimony was presented. Background of the Trial Previously, the Cairns Supreme 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 out of contact until he was apprehended years after, the state said. The judge with legal representatives and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case 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 her attire and most of her possessions missing. Those items were removed by the killer to avoid detection, the prosecution allege. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was found secured to a post concealed in bushland about 100 feet from the burial site. The weapon was found, and no eyewitnesses have been found. But the state says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was made up of proof that pointed to Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will involve testimony 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 population. The jury has already heard evidence indicating 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 defendant. Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also pointed to his involvement, the state has argued. Defence Position "While authorities were discovering Toyah's body, he was arranging... a hurriedly arranged single journey back to India," Mr Crane said previously as he began arguments. The defence is has not present any evidence, but in his opening address, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire described his client as a "placid" and "caring" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the wrong time." He also hinted at testimony to come later in the trial that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had seen assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away in fear – something he said was his "biggest mistake." The defense attorney has also said he will give evidence about other people "identified and unidentified" who should come under investigation. Further Testimony Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, Marco Heidenreich, whom police excluded as a person of interest, was among those who gave evidence last week. The trial heard he was an initial person of interest – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's vanishing, prior to her body were found. Photographs depicting Mr Heidenreich on a hike with a friend on the date Ms Cordingley went missing have been shown to the court, with an expert saying he was certain the photos were authentic and had not been doctored in any manner. The trial will return to the more conventional setting of the courtroom on Tuesday.