Unsolved Toyah Cordingley * Trial of Rajwinder Singh

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Why is Singh facing a Melbourne court?


In footage taken from the Qantas plane, Mr Singh was escorted by Queensland police officers onto the empty plane wearing tracksuit pants and a jumper before other passengers boarded.

Mr Singh is expected to face a Melbourne court before he is moved to Cairns.

Rajwinder Singh boarded a flight in Delhi on Tuesday evening to return to Australia to face prosecution for the alleged murder of Toyah Cordingley in 2018. Picture: Queensland Police Service

Rajwinder Singh boarded a flight in Delhi on Tuesday evening to return to Australia to face prosecution for the alleged murder of Toyah Cordingley in 2018. Picture: Queensland Police Service

A statement released by police said: “The Queensland Police Service in partnership with the Australian Federal Police, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and Indian government have successfully extradited a man to face prosecution for the (alleged) murder of a Queensland woman in October, 2018.”
 

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BFew said:
All the latest

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Queensland police prepare for extradition of Toyah Cordingley's accused killer

Queensland police have travelled to India to prepare to take custody of the man accused of murdering Toyah ...
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7news.com.au

Father of Toyah’s alleged killer speaks as his son’s extradition flight nears

‘We are not afraid of him going back to Australia.’
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DNA evidence found on victim and he ran away from his family (wife and kids) the day after the crime without explanation, but yeah he's not guilty in his families eyes.......
 
kaiserchief13 said:
DNA evidence found on victim and he ran away from his family (wife and kids) the day after the crime without explanation, but yeah he's not guilty in his families eyes.......
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What his family thinks will have no bearing on the case against and how it proceeds. Most of us wouldn't want to believe anybody in our family was capable of what he's accused of doing.

We can leave them to it imo, it's an issue they'll have to sort out over what will probably be the rest of Singh's lifetime.
 
Does the below suggest that Singh was stalking Toyah?

'mobile phone tower evidence also showed both Singh and Toyah’s mobile phones “travelling in sync”.'

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

Police allege DNA, phone evidence link suspect to Cordingley murder

Queensland police have laid out in court the reasons for Rajwinder Singh’s extradition from India over Toyah Cordingley’s 2018 murder.
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'Police allege DNA, phone evidence link suspect to Cordingley murder'​

'March 1, 2023 — 3.37pm'

'On Wednesday, Magistrate Martin Grinberg asked for details that might justify why Singh was brought to Melbourne.
Queensland Police Acting Superintendent Kevin Goan told the court police found DNA and phone evidence that allegedly linked Singh to the killing.''

'“Investigators are relying upon DNA evidence that links Mr Singh to her homicide,” Goan said.'

'“There is some other evidence, including telephone evidence, that suggests the movement of her mobile phone, with Mr Singh’s phone in proximity, that travelled to the western side of Cairns.

“As a result of that, other investigations were conducted and an arrest warrant was issued for him.”
Goan said police were arranging for Singh to be transported to Queensland via private air charter.

“We’ve engaged a brokerage to get a charter service. They’re asking for tomorrow but availability is limited and it may be Friday,” he said.

Grinberg ordered Singh be placed on a flight to Queensland.

He was remanded in custody and will appear at a court in Cairns later this week.'
 
BFew said:
Does the below suggest that Singh was stalking Toyah?

'mobile phone tower evidence also showed both Singh and Toyah’s mobile phones “travelling in sync”.'

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

Police allege DNA, phone evidence link suspect to Cordingley murder

Queensland police have laid out in court the reasons for Rajwinder Singh’s extradition from India over Toyah Cordingley’s 2018 murder.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au www.brisbanetimes.com.au

'Police allege DNA, phone evidence link suspect to Cordingley murder'​

'March 1, 2023 — 3.37pm'

'On Wednesday, Magistrate Martin Grinberg asked for details that might justify why Singh was brought to Melbourne.
Queensland Police Acting Superintendent Kevin Goan told the court police found DNA and phone evidence that allegedly linked Singh to the killing.''

'“Investigators are relying upon DNA evidence that links Mr Singh to her homicide,” Goan said.'

'“There is some other evidence, including telephone evidence, that suggests the movement of her mobile phone, with Mr Singh’s phone in proximity, that travelled to the western side of Cairns.

“As a result of that, other investigations were conducted and an arrest warrant was issued for him.”
Goan said police were arranging for Singh to be transported to Queensland via private air charter.

“We’ve engaged a brokerage to get a charter service. They’re asking for tomorrow but availability is limited and it may be Friday,” he said.

Grinberg ordered Singh be placed on a flight to Queensland.

He was remanded in custody and will appear at a court in Cairns later this week.'
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Might mean he took her phone with him after the killing to dispose of it?
 
Kurve said:
What his family thinks will have no bearing on the case against and how it proceeds. Most of us wouldn't want to believe anybody in our family was capable of what he's accused of doing.

We can leave them to it imo, it's an issue they'll have to sort out over what will probably be the rest of Singh's lifetime.
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I get that but what story has he told his family to believe he's innocent. Unless they don't know what DNA is....
 
Kurve said:
What his family thinks will have no bearing on the case against and how it proceeds. Most of us wouldn't want to believe anybody in our family was capable of what he's accused of doing.

We can leave them to it imo, it's an issue they'll have to sort out over what will probably be the rest of Singh's lifetime.
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Are we able to deport his family?
 

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Here's a lawyer who it appears, simply didn't want to defend Singh.

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‘Unheard of in a murder trial’: Rajwinder Singh’s former lawyer under the microscope​

In a move a Supreme Court judge called “unheard of in a murder trial”, the lawyer for the man accused of murdering Toyah Cordingley received a brief of evidence from the Department of Public Prosecutions and responded he was not interested, a court has heard.

Via The Cairns Post
 
6 weeks ago, some or all of the $1m reward in this case was confirmed paid out by QLD Police.

www.9news.com.au

Record reward paid over arrest of Toyah Cordingley's alleged killer

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'Queensland Police pay out record reward over arrest of Toyah Cordingley's alleged killer'​

'4:10pm Mar 20, 2024
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Today, Queensland Police confirmed it had paid out the $1 million reward to several people.

"The Queensland Police Service has finalised the reward process," a spokesperson said in a statement provided to 9news.com.au.

"We appreciate the significant public interest in this matter, however information provided on the process is limited as it is obtained on a confidential basis.

"As such we will not reveal specifics of the reward only to advise it has been paid in full to a number of claimants."'
 
Was the picking up Tyson from the airport text message received by Toyah's boyfriend from Toyah's number at 3:17pm sent by someone other than Toyah?

As an obvious POI in the case, Toyah's boyfriend (Mr Heidenreich) got a grilling today by the defence barrister about his alleged aborted (due to their dog running away on the hike) Spring Creek Falls hiking with a friend (Joel Cuman) alibi photos evidence.

Yes I know. This is sounding fishy already.

Especially when you combine that with Heidenreich coincidentally driving past the crime scene and seeing Toyah's car there, before he even knew she was missing.

www.cairnspost.com.au

The Cairns Post

The Cairns Post
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'Pre-trial hearing: Jack Gardiner tells court about search for sister Toyah Cordingley'​

'April 30, 2024 - 2:29PM
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Jack Gardiner, Toyah’s half-sibling, told the court he found out Toyah was missing in the early hours of October 22 because his sister Layna was trying to call him.

He said he went to the house Toyah shared with her boyfriend Marco Heidenreich and got on Toyah’s laptop to look at her Facebook account to see if he could identify anyone called “Tyson”.

Toyah had sent a text message to Marco at 3.17pm that she had to pick “Tyson” up from the airport between 7pm an 8pm and they did not know a “Tyson”.
...'

www.cairnspost.com.au

The Cairns Post

The Cairns Post
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'Pre-trial hearing: Marco Heidenreich tells court about search for Toyah Cordingley'​

'April 30, 2024 - 4:06PM
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Mr Heidenreich, who shared a house with Toyah at Woree, was vigorously cross-examined by Mr Singh’s defence barrister Angus Edwards KC on Monday.

He has never spoken publicly about Toyah’s alleged murder.

The court heard that Mr Heidenreich last saw Toyah about 1.30pm on Sunday, October 21, 2018 – she had returned from Rusty’s Markets about midday and headed out to walk her dog about 1.30pm.

He left about 15-18 minutes later to drive to Port Douglas, pick up his friend Joel Cuman and hiked Spring Creek Falls.

The court heard on his way he saw Toyah’s car parked at the Wangetti Beach car park.

Mr Heidenreich thought about stopping but had already passed.

The hike at Spring Creek Falls did not go as planned because Mr Heidenreich’s dog ran off and could not be found.

He and Mr Cuman went to their friend Toby Petrack’s house to borrow torches at 7.05pm to keep searching for the lost dog, the court heard.

He was driving back down the Captain Cook Highway about 9.30pm and saw Toyah’s car abandoned in the car park.

Mr Heidenreich told the court he had tried calling Toyah from about 7.05pm but her iPhone went straight to voicemail.

He said he didn’t notice a text from Toyah sent at 3.17pm saying she was picking up a man named Tyson from the airport, and that he did not know anyone called Tyson.

He said he did not notice the text until he was at Wangetti about 9.30pm.

“Her phone was off, it went straight to message bank,” Mr Heidenreich said.

He saw that the car was open and ran out on to the beach.

“I ran up the beach screaming her name, trying to find her,” he said.

He said he ran about 1km up the beach.

“I didn’t really know what to think, I was just worried,” he said.

“I take it you’ve gone quite some distance,” Mr Edwards said.

“Not as far as … she was found,” Mr Heidenreich said.

He told the court he had walked the dogs at Wangetti with Toyah but did not usually walk as far as what Mr Edwards referred to as “the little creek that runs down”.

“You are familiar with the creek because of the following morning when her body was found,” Mr Edwards said.

Mr Heidenreich said yes.

He rang a friend, who told him to call the police, and he did.

“At some stage I realised there was a text from Toyah to me, I did not remember it seeing come through, I assumed I was out of phone range at Spring Falls. She said she had to pick up Tyson from the airport between 7pm and 8pm – I did not know any person called Tyson,” Mr Heidenreich said.

He agreed with Mr Edwards that he looked on Toyah’s laptop at her Facebook account later in the night “to work out who Tyson was”.

Crown prosecutor Nathan Crane asked if he recalled what time it was when it became dark while he was looking for his dog.

Mr Heidenreich could not recall, but sought a torch at 7.05pm and “it was dark some time before that”.

Mr Edwards asked Mr Heidenreich if he was aware metadata on the photographs at Spring Creek Falls, which showed the date, time, and location of the photograph, could be manipulated.

Mr Heidenreich said he was not aware of that.

“Did you or Joel change the metadata?” Mr Edwards asked.

“No, we did not,” Mr Heidenreich said.

“So the metadata should remain accurate?

“Yes,” Mr Heidenreich responded.

He was questioned at length about the nature of his relationship with Toyah and said things were fine between them.

He was asked if he was having a problem in the relationship, if she wanted her independence and wanted to separate and Mr Heidenreich said none of that was the case.

Mr Edwards asked Mr Heidenreich if Toyah had been feeling unwell mentally.

“Not to my knowledge, she was maybe a bit quiet,” he said.

Mr Edwards asked if their relationship remained physical and Mr Heidenreich said it had.

The pre-trial hearing ran on April 29 and 30 in Cairns, and is set to reconvene on June 3.
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A jury trial is set for July 22.'
 
Given that this is a QLD case, how complete was/is all the DNA analysis given all that is known about problems with DNA testing and analysis at the QLD DNA lab it would have gone to?

Has all the evidence been DNA re-rested and DNA re-analysed independent of the QLD DNA lab to ensure that nothing was missed. Assuming that the original testing methods did not prevent full retesting of everything.

Does anyone know/recall what breed of dog Mr Heidenreich had that allegedly coincidentally ran away the afternoon that Toyah was murdered?

Maybe Heidenreich's dog was later found, but this was not mentioned in Court or reported from the Court.
 
Revelations of Toyah having an affair (with her Podiatrist Tyson) in the weeks leading up to her death.

With Tyson reportedly not disclosing the full nature of his relationship with Toyah to Police in his initial Statement, but being found out when Police got hold of txts between him and Toyah.

 
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BFew said:
Given that this is a QLD case, how complete was/is all the DNA analysis given all that is known about problems with DNA testing and analysis at the QLD DNA lab it would have gone to?

Has all the evidence been DNA re-rested and DNA re-analysed independent of the QLD DNA lab to ensure that nothing was missed. Assuming that the original testing methods did not prevent full retesting of everything.

Does anyone know/recall what breed of dog Mr Heidenreich had that allegedly coincidentally ran away the afternoon that Toyah was murdered?

Maybe Heidenreich's dog was later found, but this was not mentioned in Court or reported from the Court.
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Coincidences happen but strange that the boyfriend who knew where she was, drives past that location and then driving past later that night, went looking for her and had a possible motive. (and didn’t see the text til after this?)
Will be interesting to see what evidence they have on the accused. Was he at the wrong place at the wrong time and was scared for his families safety?
The police must think they’ve got the right guy to extradite him, surely.
 
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