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Jurors involved in a widely publicized Queensland homicide case have traveled to the remote shore where the young woman was discovered.

Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly stabbed with a bladed weapon and placed in a shallow grave with minimal chance of survival, the jury has heard.

The remains were found by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a stretch of shoreline between the popular destinations of Cairns and Port Douglas.

Rajwinder Singh, 41, denies killing Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in northern Australia.

Jury Visit to Crime Scene

The panel of 12 individuals plus several back-up jurors attended the location along with the judge and legal counsel on the start of the week local time.

In a acknowledgment of the tropical conditions and sweltering heat, Justice Lincoln Crowley wore a T-shirt, athletic wear and trainers rather than traditional court attire.

Both the lead prosecution and defense attorneys chose polo shirts, bottoms and baseball caps.

Scene Particulars

The court members were led around 1.2km north up the sand to observe where Ms Cordingley's remains were uncovered.

Upon arrival, as they arrived by bus, several markers indicated where the victim's car had been parked.

The visit was designed to help the jurors become familiar with key locations in the case and no testimony was presented.

Background of the Case

Last week, the Cairns Supreme Court was informed that the day after Ms Cordingley's remains were found, Mr Singh flew from Australia to India – leaving behind his spouse, family and relatives.

He was not heard from until he was apprehended years after, the prosecution said.

State Case

It is claimed that Mr Singh, who was employed in healthcare in the community of Innisfail, south of Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley.

The pharmacy worker was discovered wearing a swimwear, with her attire and most of her possessions missing.

Those items were removed by the killer to avoid detection, the prosecution allege.

Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a walk, was found tied up to a tree concealed in bushland about 100 feet from the burial site.

The weapon was found, and no one have been found.

But the state says the evidence – though circumstantial – was made up of proof that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others."

This will include evidence that genetic material recovered from a object at the location was 3.8 billion times more probable to have come from Mr Singh than a random member of the public.

The court has previously been told testimony suggesting that Ms Cordingley's phone left the scene after the incident – and that its movements matched those of a vehicle owned by the defendant.

Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also pointed to his involvement, the state has claimed.

Defence Stance

"While authorities were finding Toyah's body, he was arranging... a hurriedly arranged single journey back to India," Mr Crane said previously as he began arguments.

The defense is yet to present any evidence, but in his opening address, the defense attorney Greg McGuire described his defendant as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time."

He also foreshadowed testimony to come later in the trial that, after his apprehension, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had seen assailants attack Ms Cordingley and then had run away in fear – something he said was his "gravest error."

The defense attorney has also said he will give evidence about individuals "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation.

Further Evidence

Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, the witness, whom police excluded as a person of interest, was one who testified last week.

The court heard he was an initial person of interest – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was involved in his girlfriend's disappearance, even before her body were discovered.

Photographs showing Mr Heidenreich on a hike with a friend on the day Ms Cordingley went missing have been shown to the jury, with an expert saying he was confident the pictures were genuine and had not been altered in any manner.

The trial will return to the more conventional setting of the courtroom on Tuesday.