More than six-month wait for Toyah case retrial
Supreme Court
The retrial of Rajwinder Singh in the Toyah Cordingley murder case will not take place for another seven months.
A Supreme Court of Queensland directions hearing today set a new date of Monday, November 10, after the previous jury was discharged last week because it could not come to a decision.
Justice James Henry said today the retrial needed to be held as soon as possible because of the impact on the lives of the people involved, as well as the public interest.
Former Paws and Claws animal shelter volunteer Toyah Cordingley was killed on Wangetti Beach on Sunday, October 21, 2018, while walking her dog Indie on a remote stretch of the Far North Queensland beach.
Parents Troy Cordingley and Vanessa Gardiner found her body buried in a shallow grave in sand dunes, with the dog tied to a tree nearby.
Accused murderer Mr Singh pleaded not guilty to murder in the first trial, telling an undercover police officer posing as a prisoner in the Cairns watch-house in March, 2023, he fled the country after seeing a masked person kill her that day.
Mr Singh is set to be represented by a new lawyer after Angus Edwards KC stepped down from the role.
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