Murder trial for Toyah Cordingley accused starts today

Toyah Cordingley Trial

Bryan Littlely

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A memorial for Toyah Cordingley at Wangetti Beach. Picture: Bryan Littlely

The man accused of the brutal stabbing murder of Toyah Cordingley on October 21, 2018, Rajwinder Singh, was listed to stand trial from today.

The Supreme Court of Queensland will start hearing the case in Cairns.

Rajwinder Singh, a nurse from Innisfail, was charged in March 2023 with the murder of 24-year-old Cordingley, a pharmacy worker and popular volunteer with Paws and Claws in Mossman.

Police accused Singh of fatally stabbing her at Wangetti Beach, north of Cairns. Ms Cordingley had driven to the beach to walk her dog.

After her family raised the alarm later that night when she didn’t return her father found her body half-buried in an isolated section of sand dunes about 800 metres from her car, which was parked in a camping ground at the beach’s southern end.

Her dog was found tied to a tree and unharmed.

Police have explained Ms Cordingley had died after a “personal and intimate attack”. A memorial for Ms Cordingley is maintained at the Wangetti Beach site of her last movements.

 

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