Trial for man accused of murdering Cairns woman continues

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The father of Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley has recounted the moment he uncovered the body of his daughter in a shallow grave. Former nurse Rajwinder Singh has pleaded not guilty to killing the 24-year-old on an isolated beach north of Cairns in 2018.

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00:00Toya Cordingly's father Troy Cordingly returned to the witness stand on the third day of the

00:07Supreme Court trial in Cairns where Rajwinder Singh stands accused of murder. Mr Singh, a

00:13former nurse who was extradited from India and charged with Toya's murder in 2023, has always

00:19denied killing the young woman. Mr Cordingly choked back tears as he recounted searching

00:24for his daughter at Wongeti Beach north of Cairns the morning after she was reported missing.

00:30He told the court that more than an hour into the search he noticed an unnatural mound of sand.

00:35He described how he exposed his daughter's foot when he scraped some sand away from that mound

00:41and went on to testify how he recoiled in horror and immediately started calling for help.

00:47The jury was then shown body-worn camera footage taken by the first police officer on the scene

00:53which showed the mound of sand and his brief inspection of it.

00:57The focus of the trial today has now moved to the police investigation into Toya's death,

01:03particularly their dealings with her then-boyfriend, Marco Heidenreich.

01:07Several police witnesses told the court Mr Heidenreich appeared to be in shock in the hours and days

01:12after the discovery of Toya's body, but described him as compliant with the investigation.

01:18The trial before Justice Lincoln Crowley continues.

01:21The trial before Justice Lincoln Crowley continues.

01:24The trial before Justice Lincoln Juniors returns.

01:25The trial because he won't make any spare reference in efforts to takeacey!!!

01:29You have to take one step, you will Find Hiram?

01:31The trial is likely to have happened to the trial before.

01:34Here is the trial before Justice Lincoln Calvé 287-21231339.

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