🔗 Share this article Jury in High-Profile Australian Homicide Trial Visits Beach Where Victim Was Discovered The body of Toyah Cordingley were found on a secluded coastline in northern Queensland back in 2018. Members of the jury involved in a widely publicized Australian murder trial have traveled to the isolated beach where the victim was discovered. The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly stabbed with a bladed weapon and placed in a shallow resting place with little or no chance of survival, the jury has heard. The remains were discovered by her father the following day on Wangetti Beach – a section of shoreline nestled between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas. The accused, 41, denies murdering Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in Far North Queensland. Court Visit to Crime Scene The panel of 12 individuals plus three back-up jurors visited the beach along with the judge and legal counsel on the start of the week local time. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley wore a T-shirt, athletic wear and sneakers rather than a wig and robes. Both the lead prosecution and defense attorneys chose casual shirts, shorts and baseball caps. Scene Details The jurors were guided around 1.2km along the beach to see where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Earlier, as they arrived by bus, four red and white cones showed where the victim's car had been parked. The trip was intended to help the jurors become familiar with key locations in the trial and no testimony was given. Background of the Trial Previously, the court heard that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered, Mr Singh departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his spouse, three children and parents. He was not heard from until he was arrested years after, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with barristers and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. State 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 pharmacy worker was found wearing a bikini, with her attire and belongings missing. Those objects were taken by the killer to avoid detection, prosecutors contend. Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was found secured to a post hidden in shrubland about 30 metres from the grave. No murder weapon was found, and no eyewitnesses have been found. But the prosecution says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was made up of findings that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others." This will include testimony that DNA recovered from a object at the scene was 3.8 billion times more likely to have originated from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the population. The court has previously been told testimony indicating that Ms Cordingley's mobile device left the beach after the killing – and that its travel corresponded with those of a vehicle belonging to the defendant. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also suggested his involvement, the prosecution has claimed. Defense Stance "While authorities were finding Toyah's remains, he was organizing... a rushed one way trip back to India," the prosecutor said previously as he opened his case. The defense is has not present any evidence, but in his opening address, Mr Singh's barrister the lawyer described his client as a "placid" and "compassionate" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the unfortunate moment." He also foreshadowed evidence to come later in the trial that, after his arrest, Mr Singh informed an plainclothes agent he had seen assailants assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away in terror – something he said was his "gravest error." The defense attorney has also said he will testify about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Additional Testimony Ms Cordingley's partner, Marco Heidenreich, whom police quickly ruled out as a possible suspect, was among those who gave evidence previously. The trial was informed he was an immediate person of interest – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his partner's vanishing, prior to her remains were found. Images depicting Mr Heidenreich on a walk with a friend on the date Ms Cordingley went missing have been presented to the court, with an specialist saying he was confident the pictures were genuine and had not been altered in any way. The case will return to the more conventional setting of the courthouse on Tuesday.