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

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Family searched India for man accused of Toyah Cordingley murder, court hears

The sister of the man accused of murdering Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley has told a court she has spoken to her brother "two or three times a week" since his extradition from India.

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Sister of accused killer Rajwinder Singh gives evidence in Toyah Cordingley murder trial​

So he rushes to grab a one way ticket to India, telling the travel agent it’s because his grandfather’s sick but he doesn’t bother mentioning this supposed family emergency to his parents who he lives with, or to his sister who he stays with the night before flying out of the country?

Yeah, that totally adds up.

 

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So he rushes to grab a one way ticket to India, telling the travel agent it’s because his grandfather’s sick but he doesn’t bother mentioning this supposed family emergency to his parents who he lives with, or to his sister who he stays with the night before flying out of the country?

Yeah, that totally adds up.

Is there more coming out at this trial? It seems to me that there is. Or maybe I've forgotten. I wonder how the defence are going to prove that Singh was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Justice for Toyah and her family and friends.

 

[JLZ]

Is there more coming out at this trial? It seems to me that there is. Or maybe I've forgotten. I wonder how the defence are going to prove that Singh was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Justice for Toyah and her family and friends.

What they need is evidence of a smuggling operation, that would have put piratical types on a beach gathering up the imports that have been offloaded in water just deep enough to conceal them. But see, this time there were a couple of witnesses and a dog, and obviously that had to be fixed, but in the confusion one, Rajwinder, got away.

 

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Wangetti Beach nudist grilled in court over 'terrible history of violence'​

A nudist who left contact details on a woman's car at Wangetti Beach has faced questioning about his violent past and movements before Toyah Cordingley's murder.

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Locals carry knives to protect against crocodiles in area where Toyah Cordingley allegedly murdered, court hears​

 

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Wangetti Beach nudist grilled in court over 'terrible history of violence'​

A nudist who left contact details on a woman's car at Wangetti Beach has faced questioning about his violent past and movements before Toyah Cordingley's murder.

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Fry the Kuranda schoolteacher, McCrea the nudist, and Hollands the crabber are quite the local line‑up. The culvert under the highway, previously flagged, is most likely at the Rifle Range Road–Captain Cook Highway northern intersection. That is maybe the same area where Hollands was wading waist‑deep through the black croc swamp, with knives in tow, and crab pots on his mind.

Their movements didn’t intersect with the critical phone pings between 4:51 pm and 5:17 pm. Singh’s did though….

Wangetti locals give evidence at Toyah Cordingley murder trial

A court has heard police asked locals to hand over knives for forensic examination as part of the investigation into the alleged murder of Toyah Cordingley in Far North Queensland.

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Man accused of murdering Toyah Cordingley told police he saw 'killers' and 'ran'

The jury has been played a a covert recording of a conversation Rajwinder Singh had with an undercover officer in a police station cell in 2023.

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Rajwinder Singh, on trial for murder of Toyah Cordingley, told undercover officer he saw 'killers' and 'ran'​

 

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Man accused of murdering Toyah Cordingley told police he saw 'killers' and 'ran'

The jury has been played a a covert recording of a conversation Rajwinder Singh had with an undercover officer in a police station cell in 2023.

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Rajwinder Singh, on trial for murder of Toyah Cordingley, told undercover officer he saw 'killers' and 'ran'​

Yep, the old Reasonable Doubt Planting

By highlighting Marco’s frustration, temper, or inconsistencies, the defence plants the idea that someone else close to Toyah could have been involved. Jurors don’t need to believe Marco is guilty - they only need to feel uncertain enough about Singh’s guilt. Raising Marco’s name repeatedly creates a shadow of doubt. The prosecution has been working hard from the get-go to contain Marco’s role as purely contextual by reminding the jurors that he was investigated and excluded, and keeping the spotlight firmly on Singh.

In the end, the battle isn’t about Marco at all - it’s about whether the jury’s certainty can be cracked just enough for Singh to slip through.

May Justice for Toyah Prevail

 

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Jury poised to deliberate early next week in Toyah case trial

Jury poised to deliberate early next week in Toyah case trial

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Jury poised to deliberate early next week in Toyah case trial​

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The trial of Rajwinder Singh for the murder of Toyah Cordingley in the Cairns Supreme Court is expected to begin winding up on Monday, with both sides soon to deliver closing addresses before the jury retires to consider its decision.​

Justice Lincoln Crowley outlined the possible trial timeline yesterday to the jury of 10 men and two women following a host of witnesses taking the stand this week - the third week of proceedings.

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A stick at the burial site showed it was 3.7 billion times more likely Singh contributed DNA than anyone else.

Bark samples gave ratios of 580 million and 42 million times more likely Singh contributed.

The weight of the DNA findings on natural materials at the burial site is what ties him there most strongly.

Dog lead and collar were inconclusive or unlikely to involve Singh.

Singh’s blue Alfa Romeo contained sand and missing floor mats. Possible blood stains were reported on a tissue box and door handle.

Singh was covertly recorded in a police cell claiming he saw killers with covered faces and ran for his life.

Singh admitted booking a one-way flight to India the day Toyah’s body was found, leaving behind his family and job.

The timeline of Toyah’s phone and Singh’s car movements interlock travelling away from Wangetti beach.

The DNA at the burial site, the traces in his car, his sudden flight, and the phone data all converge to one conclusion - Singh was there when Toyah’s life was taken.

How does the prosecution weave these threads into a single, undeniable narrative?

 

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DNA samples found near Toyah Cordingley burial site scrutinised

The former nurse accused of the 2018 murder of Toyah Cordingley was 3.7 billion times more likely than not to have contributed to a DNA sample found on a stick where she was buried, his trial has heard.

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Toyah Cordingley's accused killer '3.7 billion times more likely than not' to have contributed to DNA sample near burial site, court told​

 

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Toyah Cordingley murder trial told DNA on stick 'highly likely' to be from accused murderer​

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A stick at the burial site showed it was 3.7 billion times more likely Singh contributed DNA than anyone else.

Bark samples gave ratios of 580 million and 42 million times more likely Singh contributed.

The weight of the DNA findings on natural materials at the burial site is what ties him there most strongly.

Dog lead and collar were inconclusive or unlikely to involve Singh.

Singh’s blue Alfa Romeo contained sand and missing floor mats. Possible blood stains were reported on a tissue box and door handle.

Singh was covertly recorded in a police cell claiming he saw killers with covered faces and ran for his life.

Singh admitted booking a one-way flight to India the day Toyah’s body was found, leaving behind his family and job.

The timeline of Toyah’s phone and Singh’s car movements interlock travelling away from Wangetti beach.

The DNA at the burial site, the traces in his car, his sudden flight, and the phone data all converge to one conclusion - Singh was there when Toyah’s life was taken.

How does the prosecution weave these threads into a single, undeniable narrative?

Interesting that the lead collar is inconclusive. Maybe Singh forced Toyah to tie Indie up. MOO.

 

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Interesting that the lead collar is inconclusive. Maybe Singh forced Toyah to tie Indie up. MOO.

And then tightened it himself, IMO.

 

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Interesting that the lead collar is inconclusive. Maybe Singh forced Toyah to tie Indie up. MOO.

That thought also came to me. It's kind of the only thing that makes sense re the DNA.

 

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Interesting that the lead collar is inconclusive. Maybe Singh forced Toyah to tie Indie up. MOO.

It is interesting. Didn't a family member locate and untie the dog? Could that have maybe compromised the DNA?

 

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Interesting that the lead collar is inconclusive. Maybe Singh forced Toyah to tie Indie up. MOO.

It is possible Singh briefly touched the lead. The DNA evidence only shows that he did not leave a detectable trace.

Genetic material from multiple people was found on the collar and lead. The strongest ratios pointed to Marco, and Toyah’s parents Troy and Vanessa, whose DNA was billions of times more likely to be part of the mixture. This aligns with their familiarity with Indie, and their contact with her when untying her at the beach and Marco later taking her to the police station.

The absence of Singh’s DNA does not prove he never touched the lead. It simply means his profile was not detected. Later handlers (Marco, Troy & Vanessa) may have deposited stronger or fresher DNA that dominated and masked weaker traces in the mixture. The material of the lead and collar would also have influenced how long DNA persisted when exposed to the elements. DNA lasts longer on rough, porous materials and sheds faster from smooth, non‑porous ones (like coated nylon).

On the stick and bark at the burial site, the situation was very different. Fewer people handled it, the rough wooden surface retained DNA more effectively, and environmental conditions preserved it.

MOO

 

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And then tightened it himself, IMO.

Tying Indie so tightly that she could not lie down was an act of severe aggression that deliberately restrained and isolated the dog. That immobilisation created the conditions for Toyah’s murder to occur nearby without interruption, and both acts unfolded within a narrow window of time. Moments later, Toyah’s belongings travelled south to Cairns, marking the continuation of the sequence. Singh’s DNA was excluded from the lead but strongly detected on the stick at the burial site. Taken together, the restraint of the dog, the killing of its owner, and the rapid movement of her belongings form a connected chain of violent acts committed in the same brief span, each marked by overbearing control, force, and aggression.

 

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It's a pity that Indie can't tell anyone what happened.

 

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It's a pity that Indie can't tell anyone what happened.

True, and yet maybe she is helping us in her own way - her name even feels like it’s nudging toward a clue….