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

[Marg944]

Does any killer convicted in Australia get life without parole?

QLD spent at least $1 mil to capture this killer who had escaped abroad. And he has no remorse, killing a random stranger (for walking a dog).

There are a few who fittingly received life without parole, there are more, but this is just a quick example:-


MARTIN BRYANT — Port Arthur gunman, Tasmania


KATHERINE KNIGHT — Sadistic husband killer and cannibal, New South Wales


IVAN MILAT — Backpacker serial killer, New South Wales

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Justin Stein sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of nine-year-old schoolgirl Charlise Mutten.​

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/australias-most-severe-penalty-that-only-a-handful-of-prisoners-receive/news-story/e0ebb380b425e5b741d4cf6b9dab3041

 

[Marg944]

I’ve never heard this suggestion of perversion…..

'Shocking and sickening'​

“He (Justice Crowley) said there was an obvious explanation for Singh's "shocking and sickening act of violence".

"Given the vicious attack that transpired, it is quite possible that she discovered you there, engaged in some type of disgraceful, embarrassing activity at a secluded spot where your true self could emerge, uninhibited," Justice Crowley said.

"And where the deeper, darker urges and desires could reveal themselves."

Justice Crowley said the obvious explanation for Singh's "shocking and sickening act of violence" was that Ms Cordingley challenged him over some behaviour of a "sexual and perverted" nature.

"Given you took her mobile phone after you killed her, it raises the prospect that she may have recorded you or sought to tell the authorities after catching you doing whatever you were doing."

Toyah Cordingley's 'opportunistic' murderer sentenced to life in prison

Rajwinder Singh, 41, was found guilty of the Far North Queensland woman's 2018 murder on a secluded beach north of Cairns. He then fled to India, hiding out for about four years before his arrest and extradition.

www.abc.net.au

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Someone like @TootsieFootsie will know!

Thanks for the vote of confidence but I'm no expert on how long sentences will be.

Is it more fixed these days and less likely that someone could get only nine years for their wife's death ?

 

[MrsAddick]

I’ve never heard this suggestion of perversion…..

'Shocking and sickening'​

“He (Justice Crowley) said there was an obvious explanation for Singh's "shocking and sickening act of violence".

"Given the vicious attack that transpired, it is quite possible that she discovered you there, engaged in some type of disgraceful, embarrassing activity at a secluded spot where your true self could emerge, uninhibited," Justice Crowley said.



Justice Crowley said the obvious explanation for Singh's "shocking and sickening act of violence" was that Ms Cordingley challenged him over some behaviour of a "sexual and perverted" nature.

"Given you took her mobile phone after you killed her, it raises the prospect that she may have recorded you or sought to tell the authorities after catching you doing whatever you were doing."

Toyah Cordingley's 'opportunistic' murderer sentenced to life in prison

Rajwinder Singh, 41, was found guilty of the Far North Queensland woman's 2018 murder on a secluded beach north of Cairns. He then fled to India, hiding out for about four years before his arrest and extradition.

www.abc.net.au

Wow. I totally missed this. This seems fairly speculative. Any evidence to support theory?

 

[MrsAddick]

So, correct me if I’m wrong…but is the Supreme Court judge suggesting he may have been caught on video wacking off in the bushes or something. Then went into a violent rage about being taped and took measures to eradicate the evidence?

 

[Rocket333]

So, correct me if I’m wrong…but is the Supreme Court judge suggesting he may have been caught on video wacking off in the bushes or something. Then went into a violent rage about being taped and took measures to eradicate the evidence?

Pretty much. It’s such an interesting and telling thing to say on record because of who’s saying it. Justice Crowley is the one person who has had access to the entire body of evidence. Out of all the possible scenarios he could have drawn from, he arrived at this one - that Toyah may have caught Singh in some “disgraceful, embarrassing activity.” That makes it carry weight because it’s coming from the judge who knows everything there is to know about the case.
It also makes sense. It explains how and why the two came into contact, why the situation escalated so suddenly, and why her phone ended up with him. Singh discarding the phone in water fits the idea that Toyah may have recorded him or said she’d report him.

 

[bearbear]

Pretty much. It’s such an interesting and telling thing to say on record because of who’s saying it. Justice Crowley is the one person who has had access to the entire body of evidence. Out of all the possible scenarios he could have drawn from, he arrived at this one - that Toyah may have caught Singh in some “disgraceful, embarrassing activity.” That makes it carry weight because it’s coming from the judge who knows everything there is to know about the case.
It also makes sense. It explains how and why the two came into contact, why the situation escalated so suddenly, and why her phone ended up with him. Singh discarding the phone in water fits the idea that Toyah may have recorded him or said she’d report him.

i wonder if there was evidence at the crime scene? what though? fluids on discarded tissues or underwear?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I wonder if what the judge said was just his opinion on what Singh might have been doing at the beach.

 

[Via Marple]

i wonder if there was evidence at the crime scene? what though? fluids on discarded tissues or underwear?

If there's such evidence, surely it would have been brought up by the prosecution? Because it demonstrates a very possible motive..