Toyah Cordingley was dead or certainly to die when she was buried in sand on a remote beach after having cut her throat, a jury heard.
The Supreme Court of Queensland began to hear the business in Cairns on Tuesday, about 40 km south of the alleged crime scene in the distant north of the state.
Rajwinder Singh formally took a plea in order not to be guilty of the murder of Mrs. Cordingley, more than six years after the young woman's body was found on Wangetti Beach on October 21, 2018.
Public Prosecutor Nathan Crane started his opening address for the jury on Tuesday after a long empire process in which hundreds of potential jury members were involved.
Mr. Crane said that Mrs. Cordingley, 24, had injuries that could only have been built up with the intention of taking her life.
“She was buried shortly before or shortly after her death. She was left with injuries without hope to survive, “said Mr. Crane.
“The most important wound, of all the wounds that the pathologist found, was an important incision along and in her neck, from one side to the other.”
Mr. Crane said that Mrs. Cordingly suffered a sliced wind pipe that caused death caused by blood loss.
Toyah Cordingley remained injuries without surviving hope
Rajwinder Singh (center), a nurse from Innisfail has not guilty Mrs. Cordingley's murder
She also suffered a wound through her bikini to the left chest in her heart and 'defending wounds' in her hands as if she had tried to stop a person with a sharp object, he said.
Singh appeared in court with a beard, blue suit and white turban, occasional notes.
The jury was told that the persecution would not specify that the weapon was used to kill Mrs. Cordingery, because the murderer had taken it, but evidence pointed out that it was sharp and potentially small enough to hide.
Mrs. Cordingley drove to Wangetti Beach for a Sunday afternoon walk with her dog on the day Mr Crane said she was killed.
Her family raised the alarm later that evening when she did not return.
Her dog endie was found unharmed and tied to a tree.
Mr. Crane said that the dog was tied so tightly that it could not sit.
“Toyah was buried. She was hidden so that she would not be detected immediately. Indie the dog, which could be noticed by seekers, was 30 meters in a bush setting of the beach, “he said.
The body of the 24-year-old was found 40 km north of Cairns
“These are characteristics that the crown will say is an attempt by the murderer to lay down between himself and the committing of this murder.”
Mr. Crane said that prosecutors would not offer a motive for the alleged murder of a young woman who was alone on the beach.
The jury was told that Mrs. Cordingery was found in a bikini and her clothes, telephone, wallet and towel were never found.
“Toyah never left the beach. Toyah's phone left the beach. The phone can be traced. The murderer took the phone, “said Mr. Crane.
The jury was told that the telecommunication certificate would hear from how Toyah's telephone made contact with several telephone towers while he left Wangetti Beach and to a city after the time she probably died.
Singh has argued not guilty of murder
Mr. Crane would continue his address on Wednesday, whereby defense lawyer Angus Edwards had the option to deliver his opening for Singh.
Justice James Henry previously told jury members that the prosecution would present a case on the basis of indirect evidence because there was no direct witness to the alleged crime.
“For indirect evidence to prove that Mr Singh is the murderer, it is necessary that in combination it is strong enough to exclude the competing conclusion that someone else has killed Mrs. Cordingery,” said Justice Henry.
The process in the coming four weeks will hear from more than 460 witnesses, including nearly 100 police witnesses, 12 DNA experts and eight telecommunications experts from large telephone service providers.
