Australia - Toyah Cordingley, 24, body found on beach, 22 October 2018 #3

[Marg944]

I’m just wondering if Rajwinder Singh is out on bail until the trial? I can’t find anything in the media either way.

 

[Rocket333]

I’m just wondering if Rajwinder Singh is out on bail until the trial? I can’t find anything in the media either way.

I strongly doubt it, especially given his flight risk history and lengthy and expensive extradition.
I think he’s still firmly locked up in Arthur Gorrie.

 

[Rocket333]

I just went back through the threads, because I was sure I had read about a man walking the beach when Toyah walked the beach. I didn't find what I was looking for, as so many posts came up in my search.

There is this comment .... "I was walking along the beach at roughly the same time she was, but I don't remember seeing her, " said the man, who didn't wish to be named. "I told police there were lots of families here at the time." Link

And there was a family who Toyah's sister was pleading to come forward. I wonder if they ever did.

The sister of Toyah Cordingley has begged a family to come forward after they were spotted at the beach where her sibling was murdered.
Police say the family, consisting of a man, a woman and two children, was seen leaving the beach’s southern carpark on Sunday, October 21 about 2.30pm. Link

From memory, I think they did track down the family (parents & kids having a picnic) and nothing came of it. I’ll keep looking for confirmation.

Something went down at Lake Placid and the streets around Caravonica on the late afternoon of the murder. I think the alleged perp was caught on cctv driving in the area and clothes and personal items were dumped in the lake. Accused RS could’ve easily detoured off the highway through Caravonica on the way home south to Innisfail.

'Never give up': Toyah's message for young women

The family of Toyah Cordingley has begged anyone holding back information about the 24-year-old’s murder to...

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[Tweet57]

Any further developments with this case?

 

[BigT]

Any further developments with this case?

Pencil in the 25th February for this case to return.

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The trial of Toyah Cordingley's accused killer Rajwinder Singh has now been delayed until February. Singh's defence team successfully applied for an...

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[TootsieFootsie]

End looms in wait for answers to beach death mystery

The death of a young woman out walking her dog at the beach will be examined by a...

www.northweststar.com.au

Behind a paywall, I think. Posting it here for those who subscribe.

 

[Marg944]

From Tootsie’s link:-

“Prosecutors previously told the court they had DNA and telephone evidence linking Singh to Toyah's death, a claim that will finally be put to the test with Singh to stand trial in the Queensland Supreme Court in Cairns from Tuesday.

The trial is expected to take between four and five weeks.”


Wow!!!!! I didn’t know the reward had been paid out!!!!

“In March 2024, police confirmed the $1 million reward had been paid to a number of people.
"The Queensland Police Service has finalised the reward process," it said in a statement.

"We appreciate the significant public interest in this matter, however, information provided on the process is limited as it is obtained on a confidential basis.”

"As such we will not reveal specifics of the reward only to advise it has been paid in full to a number of claimants."

End looms in wait for answers to beach death mystery

The death of a young woman out walking her dog at the beach will be examined by a...

www.canberratimes.com.au

 

[Marg944]

Must have missed this article back in March, 2024.

Record $1m reward paid after arrest of Toyah Cordingley's alleged murderer, Rajwinder Singh​

ABC Far North
/ By Holly Richardson
Posted Wed 20 Mar 2024 at 1:20am

$1m reward paid in full following arrest of Toyah Cordingley's alleged killer, police say

Queensland police have confirmed that the largest reward in the state's history has been paid out after the apprehension of Rajwinder Singh, who is accused of the 2018 murder of Toyah Cordingley.

www.abc.net.au

 

[TootsieFootsie]

End looms in wait for answers to Toyah Coringley's beach death mystery

On October 21, 2018 Toyah Coringley drove to Wangetti Beach, about 40km north of the city, for a Sunday afternoon walk with her dog. She never returned.

www.dailymail.co.uk

After a six year wait, a jury is finally set to decide what happened on an isolated tropical beach that led to a young woman's death.

Police would later allege Toyah died from 'a personal and intimate attack'.

Police allege Rajwinder Singh, a 38-year-old nurse from Innisfail fatally stabbed Toyah at Wangetti Beach as she walked her dog.

 

[Marg944]

 

[BreakingNews]

Remote beach murder trial to start after six-year wait

www.9news.com.au

Channel 9news in Queensland have special reports nightly in the news. I couldn't forward this info, but you get uptodate news from their app.

 

[Marg944]

Rajwinder Singh pleads not guilty to murder of Toyah Cordingley on remote Queensland beach​

“Murder trial begins more than six years after 24-year-old’s body was found half-buried in sand at Wangetti beach, north of Cairns.

Singh formally entered a plea for the first time on Tuesday and said “not guilty” when asked how he pleaded to the charge of murdering Cordingley on 21 October 2018.

The court took more than two-and-a-half hours to process a pool of hundreds of people to potentially serve as jurors.

Singh appeared with a beard and wearing a white turban and sat roughly in the middle of a dock built to hold up to six defendants at once.

The courtroom was full to overcapacity with potential jurors who listened to Singh be arraigned on the charge of murder and his plea.

Jury selection for the trial before Justice James Henry was expected to continue on Tuesday.”

Rajwinder Singh pleads not guilty to murder of Toyah Cordingley on remote Queensland beach

Murder trial begins more than six years after 24-year-old’s body was found half-buried in sand at Wangetti beach, north of Cairns

www.theguardian.com

 

[Marg944]

Some interesting reading in this news article from the pre-trial hearing in May of last year.

The ex-boyfriend, Mr Heidenreich is being called as a witness in this murder trial.

Toyah Cordingley was in secret relationship before her alleged murder, Supreme Court hears in Cairns​

May, 2024

“Under cross-examination, the court heard on Monday that Mr Heidenreich left home about 15 to 18 minutes after Ms Cordingley to drive to Port Douglas to visit a friend.

He told the court he had seen Ms Cordingley's car parked at Wangetti Beach, about 30 kilometres north of Cairns, but did not stop.“

Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley in secret relationship before her alleged murder, court hears

During a pre-trial hearing for murder accused Rajwinder Singh, the Supreme Court hears that 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley had started a secret relationship with her podiatrist in the weeks before her death and believed her partner knew "something was off".

www.abc.net.au

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Toyah Cordingley may have been buried alive near sand dune, court hears

Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley may still have been alive when she was buried on a remote beach, a court has heard.

www.abc.net.au

Ms Cordingley suffered an incision that cut her windpipe and ran "from one side of her neck to the other side" and had "defensive" injuries on her hands and side from a sharp object, Mr Crane said.

"She was left with those injuries with no hope of surviving," he said.

 

[Marg944]

Toyah Cordingley murder trial: Throat and body were cut before she was buried, court told​

“A jury is hearing horrific details aout the death of Toyah Cordingley — a 24-year-old from Queensland.”


“Potential jurors were asked six questions designed to test their impartiality and connection to the case in the trial of Rajwinder Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Toyah Cordingley in 2018.

The questions included whether or not a person had displayed a “Justice for Toyah” bumper sticker, had posted in social media channels about the case, donated to causes related to Ms Cordingley’s death, or attended Ms Cordingley’s funeral.

Anyone who answered “yes” to these questions was excused from the panel.

Justice Henry made an order the questions could not be published until after the jury had been empanelled.”

“Justice Henry excused seven women and four men in court after reading their answers to the final juror question about concerns they raised about their ability to remain impartial.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/courts-law/toyah-cordingley-murder-trial-throat-and-body-were-cut-before-she-was-buried-court-told/news-story/498d4767e1756528ce79397678b83c94

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Harrowing final moments of young woman found dead on a remote beach

Rajwinder Singh formally entered a plea to the murder of Toyah Cordingley, more than six years after the young woman's body was found at Wangetti Beach on October 21, 2018.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Mr Crane said Ms Cordingly suffered a cut windpipe that caused death from blood loss.

She also suffered a wound through her bikini to the left breast at her heart and 'defensive wounds' to her hands as if she had tried to stop a person with a sharp object, he said.

Her dog Indie was found unharmed and tied to a tree.

Mr Crane said the dog was tied so tight it could not sit down.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

"The most significant injury was a cutting wound present over the neck. An irregular wound which was due to contact with a sharp edge with irregularities suggesting there was movement of the edge ... an estimated four times," Botterill said.

Botterill said it was an extraordinary deep wound that completely cut across Ms Cordingley's windpipe.

Autopsy images shown to jury in beach murder trial

The murder trial of a man accused of killing Toyah Cordingley will continue hearing evidence after being sh...

www.9news.com.au

 

[drsleuth]

Toyah Cordingley's father recalls discovering his daughter's buried body

A court has heard Troy Cordingley had been searching for his daughter for hours with her mother and brother when he found her buried in the sand.

www.abc.net.au

Toyah Cordingley's father tells court he fell to his knees when he found her buried on Wangetti Beach​

In evidence, Mr Cordingley said he was exhausted and went to rest under a tree, when he noticed something unusual.

"It didn’t look natural, just the sand had been heaped up," he said.

"I reeled back, I was horrified.

"I yelled out, ‘help me, help me’. I couldn’t believe it."

Forensic pathologist Dr Paul Botterill told the court the 17 centimetre neck wound was "extraordinarily deep", inflicted in at least four separate movements, and completely cut her windpipe.

Dr Botterill said there was evidence Ms Cordingley was still alive when the wound was inflicted.

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As he left the home he owned in Innisfail on October 22, Mr Singh told his wife Sukhdeep Kaur he would be back the next day.

But he flew to India via Sydney, never returned and has not seen Ms Kaur since, Crown Prosecutor Nathan Crane told the jury in his opening address.

Mr Singh also left behind his three children, aged 8, 6 and 1, and his parents, who all lived at the Innisfail home.

Mr Crane told the jury they would hear a recording of a conversation between Mr Singh and an undercover police officer after his return to Australia, in which Mr Singh said he was at the beach and saw Ms Cordingley killed "right in front of him".

 

[drsleuth]

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/courts-law/incompatible-with-life-stunned-courtroom-shown-toyah-cordingley-catastrophic-injuries/news-story/c5ed4a9260e20282a9548e701c26f08e

‘Incompatible with life’: Stunned courtroom shown Toyah Cordingley catastrophic injuries​

Dr Botterill said there was no physical evidence of sexual trauma.

Dr Botterill said that determining a time of death was difficult due to the temperatures in the tropics and could only be narrowed down forensically between the last time she was seen and when her body was found.

 

[drsleuth]

Rajwinder Singh linked to Toyah Cordingley’s shallow grave through DNA and ‘distinctive’ car, court hears

Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, owned Alfa Romeo sedan ‘similar’ to one seen on CCTV in areas where Cordingley’s phone was located, jury told

www.theguardian.com

Rajwinder Singh linked to Toyah Cordingley’s shallow grave through DNA and ‘distinctive’ car, court hears​

Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, owned Alfa Romeo sedan ‘similar’ to one seen on CCTV in areas where Cordingley’s phone was located, jury told

He said Singh’s phone did not connect to any towers between 1.16pm and 8pm that day, but Cordingley’s phone could be tracked moving south.

The jury was told Cordingley’s phone was roughly located in multiple areas that corresponded to a blue Alfa Romeo sedan seen on multiple CCTV cameras driving to Lake Placid Holiday Apartments.

“The vehicle has features of its colour, its wheels and its distinctive grille … Rajwinder Singh owned a blue Alfa Romeo, a similar vehicle,” Crane said.

Crane said a stick was found partially buried with Cordingley, who had been stabbed in the chest and hands with her throat slashed.

“Mr Singh was 3.7 billion times more likely to contribute the DNA found on that stick,” he said.