The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering Toyah Cordingley in far north Queensland has heard evidence from an expert witness regarding the importance of mobile phone signals in the investigation.
00:00Toi, accordingly, was a 24-year-old animal shelter volunteer whose body was found along a secluded Far North Queensland beach in October 2018.
00:12The man accused of killing her, 41-year-old Rajwinder Singh, has pleaded not guilty and is standing trial at the Supreme Court in Cairns.
00:21Now, today the courts heard that while Ms Cordingly was buried at Wongetti Beach, north of Cairns, with violent injuries, her phone was detected connecting with phone towers south of the beach.
00:31Today, the juries heard police looked at footage from several CCTV cameras and traffic cameras to work out which cars were heading toward Cairns around the time Ms Cordingly's phone was active.
00:44Police started with an initial list of 219 cars, which they were able to narrow down based on their movements.
00:50Ms Cordingly's handset was detected for the final time in the Caravonica area in north-western Cairns.
00:57Earlier today, the court also heard evidence from other beachgoers who were at Wongetti the day Ms Cordingly went there to walk her dog.
01:05They described seeing different cars, people and dogs in the area that day.
01:10One of those witnesses described one of the beach car parks as having been quite packed with about 20 people there.
01:17Now, evidence about the police investigation into the different cars and their movements on the afternoon of Ms Cordingly's death will continue today.
01:25The trial is expected to run for at least three weeks.
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