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

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Jury in trial of Rajwinder Singh, charged with Toyah Cordingley's murder, shown photographs of boyfriend's hike on day of her death​

A Supreme Court jury has been shown a series of photographs of murdered woman Toyah Cordingley's boyfriend on a waterfall hike the afternoon she died, which a police analyst says showed no signs of having been manipulated.

 

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Jury in trial of Rajwinder Singh, charged with Toyah Cordingley's murder, shown photographs of boyfriend's hike on day of her death​

A Supreme Court jury has been shown a series of photographs of murdered woman Toyah Cordingley's boyfriend on a waterfall hike the afternoon she died, which a police analyst says showed no signs of having been manipulated.

Last time the trial got stuck in long arguments over Marco’s hike photos and metadata, which slowed things right down and distracted everyone. This time his alibi has been locked in quickly and early so hopefully side issues will be better contained and the spotlight will be kept on Singh.

 

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Who killed Toyah Cordingley?

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis from Laura Tingle.

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Video in link

 

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Great coverage, and accurate reporting by the ABC.

 

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The account of Singh carrying a knife and fruit to the beach, coupled with reports of him being stressed out and avoiding both home and work, and the confrontation allegedly sparked by Toyah’s dog barking at him, has always stayed with me for its simplicity and credibility. Doesn’t appear to be sexually motivated so possibly a situational trigger?

Singh, a nurse, had travelled to the beach that day from his home in Innisfail after a fight with his wife, he told Indian police in an interview.
He said he was carrying a kitchen knife and some fruit.
It’s alleged he fatally stabbed 24-year-old Cordingley after an argument between the pair sparked by her dog barking at him, reports say.
Singh had become “angered” by the dog barking and allegedly “stabbed her multiple times”.

 

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This Port Douglas news report differs in that it states Marco found Indie tied up, however previous articles from drsleuth clearly state it was Toyah's mother who found the dog and had to get assistance from Toyah's dad to untie the dog. Marco then took the dog home via the Cairns police station.

Port Douglas police some of the first on the scene in Toyah Cordingley case

Port Douglas police some of the first on the scene in Toyah Cordingley case

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I wonder how long after Toyah was found did LE forensically test the knives in Singh's house?

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Jury in Rajwinder Singh trial taken through murdered woman Toyah Cordingley's phone data​

 

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I wonder how long after Toyah was found did LE forensically test the knives in Singh's house?

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Taken from my post on 1st thread: Singh’s home was searched within a fortnight of the crime.

20-21 October 2018: crime

10th November 2018: Singh's home searched, colleagues at Innisfail Hospital interviewed.
19th November 2018: Lake Placid & Moody Creek searched by police divers.
3rd December 2018: The father Amar Singh, flies to India to find his son.
15th December 2018: Singh’s Innisfail home is on the market & price is then reduced by 35K

 

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Jury taken to Wangetti Beach today to view places of interest.

When I was on the jury for a murder I remembering being taken to the house where the murder took place, then to the place where the victim was found. As a juror, it really did help to put everything in perspective.

Murder trial jury taken to beach where Toyah Cordingley's body was found

The jury was taken by bus to Wangetti Beach, north of Cairns, where Ms Cordingley's body was found buried in a shallow sand grave in 2018.

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Jury taken to Wangetti Beach today to view places of interest.

When I was on the jury for a murder I remembering being taken to the house where the murder took place, then to the place where the victim was found. As a juror, it really did help to put everything in perspective.

Murder trial jury taken to beach where Toyah Cordingley's body was found

The jury was taken by bus to Wangetti Beach, north of Cairns, where Ms Cordingley's body was found buried in a shallow sand grave in 2018.

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The jury was then driven about a kilometre north along the highway, to a culvert under the Captain Cook Highway. The significance of this culvert has not yet been explained in court.

I was initially imagining that they meant the Rex Lookout but they mean a drainage tunnel under the highway a kilometre north of the beach. I don’t recall this coming up last time so maybe it’s a new addition?

From what they’re saying, the culvert itself isn’t evidence. It’s just a drainage tunnel under the highway. And later, for some reason, when the culvert is mentioned, jurors won’t have to imagine it abstractly as they’ll know exactly what it looks like, and how hidden it is, and how close it sits to the beach etc. Well I’m intrigued.

 

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Jury in Rajwinder Singh trial taken through murdered woman Toyah Cordingley's phone data​

So that provides a little more clarity about McCrea and Fry.

McCrea appears to have hung around Smithfield & Stratford all day, and Remy Fry was at Wangetti and then drove up the range to Kuranda.

Singh & Toyah's phone were tracked following the same path from Wangetti to Smithfield and then her phone was turned off. Why turn it off then? Why even take it in the first place or was it concealed in a bag and got carried away with the rest of her gear?
Why leave her hat, selfie stick and dog, but take the rest?

 

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From 2018. Allude to nursing fatigue & mental state.

“His brother-in-law Harpreet Singh said 'Raj is too quiet, too afraid,' to commit murder, but admitted he struggled to deal with dying elderly patients

'He would get mentally upset and want to get away,' Harpreet said of Rajwinder's trips to beaches north of Cairns.

Mr Singh said his brother-in-law would go days at a time without making contact with his family, and had stopped speaking altogether as he became more and more isolated. “

Pictured: Indian nurse who vanished overseas the same day slain Toyah Cordingley's body was found | Daily Mail Online

 

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The jury was then driven about a kilometre north along the highway, to a culvert under the Captain Cook Highway. The significance of this culvert has not yet been explained in court.

I was initially imagining that they meant the Rex Lookout but they mean a drainage tunnel under the highway a kilometre north of the beach. I don’t recall this coming up last time so maybe it’s a new addition?

From what they’re saying, the culvert itself isn’t evidence. It’s just a drainage tunnel under the highway. And later, for some reason, when the culvert is mentioned, jurors won’t have to imagine it abstractly as they’ll know exactly what it looks like, and how hidden it is, and how close it sits to the beach etc. Well I’m intrigued.

A kilometre north of the beach - was that still the south side of Rex Lookout? Further south there are a few houses, across the road on the inland side.
Unaccounted for is still Toyah's phone and a top that Toyah had over her bikini

 

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So that provides a little more clarity about McCrea and Fry.

McCrea appears to have hung around Smithfield & Stratford all day, and Remy Fry was at Wangetti and then drove up the range to Kuranda.

Singh & Toyah's phone were tracked following the same path from Wangetti to Smithfield and then her phone was turned off. Why turn it off then? Why even take it in the first place or was it concealed in a bag and got carried away with the rest of her gear?
Why leave her hat, selfie stick and dog, but take the rest?

Smithfield is close to Lake Placid. Maybe that is where the phone went. Police did search some of the lake, however it is huge and technically not a lake as it forms part of the Barron River that runs out to sea. Crocodiles live there.

 

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Smithfield is close to Lake Placid. Maybe that is where the phone went. Police did search some of the lake, however it is huge and technically not a lake as it forms part of the Barron River that runs out to sea. Crocodiles live there.

Caravonica became a focal area in the investigation. CCTV caught Singh driving past the Impey Street general store. From memory, Kamerunga footbridge, Moody Creek, Marshall Street and the Apunipima Health Service vicinity were all included in the sweep.

I’ve always felt that he tossed her stuff in Lake Placid. Those poor divers. You could not pay me enough to dip a toe in any of that water.

The focal area of the investigation has shifted from the beach to Lake Placid and Caravonica, about 30km south of the murder scene. Police snipers were stationed at the head of crocodile-infested Moody Creek.

 

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A kilometre north of the beach - was that still the south side of Rex Lookout? Further south there are a few houses, across the road on the inland side.
Unaccounted for is still Toyah's phone and a top that Toyah had over her bikini

Good pickup and you're probably correct. The Rex Lookout sits about a kilometre north of the beach entry from the car park. There may be a culvert beneath the lookout, which would make sense given the jury bus stopped somewhere, and that stretch of highway offers very few safe pull up options.

As you’d well know, Rex Lookout is also a tourist magnet. You’ve got cars pulling up all the time taking postcard shots of Wangetti. I wonder if an incidental image was taken that’s now become important.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1990741795211190713

"Toyah Cordingley, 24,
was attacked and fatally stabbed in Oct. 2018
when she walked on the beach with her dog.

Her father found her body the next day when he was searching for her.

On Monday, Nov. 17,
Jurors visited the beach where she was killed."

 

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Accused murderer 'stressed' on day Toyah Cordingley's body found, court told

Rajwinder Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley, is on trial in the Supreme Court in Cairns.

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Rajwinder Singh, charged with the murder of Toyah Cordingley, was 'very stressed' on day body found, court told​

Rajkaran Singh told the court Rajwinder Singh arrived at his home in the Cairns suburb of Redlynch on Monday, October 22, 2018 – the day the pharmacy worker's body was found on Wangetti Beach.

Rajkaran Singh said his friend requested storage of his blue Alfa Romeo and a lift to the airport so he could fly to Sydney.

"Straight away he said, 'I'm late, can you drop me to the airport," Rajkaren Singh told the court.

"But my parents insisted that they wouldn't let him go without a cup of tea."

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They told the court they also felt unsettled about 10 minutes later as a tanned man in his 40s nearby stared at them on the beach for several minutes.

"He was staring at us multiple times for long periods," Mr Huber said.

"I felt uncomfortable. It's not normal for people to stare at you for that long."