🔗 Share this article Jury in Prominent Australian Murder Case Tours Beach Where Victim Was Discovered The body of Toyah Cordingley were found on a remote coastline in northern 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 victim was discovered. Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly attacked with a bladed weapon and buried in a shallow grave with minimal hope of surviving, the court has been told. The remains were discovered by her father the following day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of coastline between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas. The accused, 41, denies murdering Ms Cordingley on a weekend in October 2018 in Far North Queensland. Court Inspection to Beach The jury of 10 men and two women plus three alternates visited the beach along with the presiding officer and legal counsel on Monday morning local time. In a acknowledgment of the hot climate and sweltering heat, Justice Lincoln Crowley opted for a T-shirt, sport shorts and sneakers rather than traditional court attire. Both the lead prosecution and defence barristers chose polo shirts, bottoms and baseball caps. Scene Details The jurors were guided around 1.2km along the beach to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered. Earlier, as they traveled to the site, several markers indicated where the vehicle had been left. The trip was designed to help the panel become acquainted with key locations in the trial and no official evidence was presented. Background of the Trial Last week, the court heard that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were found, the accused departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his wife, three children and parents. He was out of contact until he was arrested years after, the prosecution said. Justice Lincoln Crowley with barristers and other court officials at Wangetti Beach. Prosecution Case It is claimed that the defendant, who was working as a nurse in the town of Innisfail, south of 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 taken by the assailant to avoid detection, prosecutors allege. Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was found tied up to a tree concealed in shrubland about 30 metres from the burial site. The weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been found. But the prosecution says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was made up of proof that pointed to Mr Singh "excluding other suspects." This will include evidence that genetic material obtained from a stick at the location was extremely more probable to have come from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the population. The court has previously been told testimony indicating that Ms Cordingley's phone left the beach after the killing – and that its movements corresponded with those of a blue Alfa Romeo owned by the defendant. Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also pointed to his guilt, the prosecution has claimed. Defence Position "While authorities were discovering Toyah's body, he was organizing... a hurriedly arranged single journey back to India," the prosecutor said previously as he opened his case. The defence is has not provided testimony, but in his initial statement, the defense attorney Greg McGuire described his defendant as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "wrong place at the unfortunate moment." He also hinted at testimony to come subsequently 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 terror – something he said was his "biggest mistake." The defense attorney has also said he will give evidence about other people "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation. Further Evidence Ms Cordingley's partner, the witness, whom authorities excluded as a possible suspect, was one who testified previously. The trial heard he was an immediate police suspect – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his partner's vanishing, even before her remains were found. Photographs showing the witness on a walk with a companion 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 altered in any manner. The trial will resume to the standard environment of the courthouse on Tuesday.