Members of the jury overseeing a high-profile Australian murder trial have traveled to the isolated shore where the young woman was located.
Toyah Cordingley was repeatedly attacked with a bladed weapon and buried in a shallow grave with little or no hope of surviving, the court has heard.
Her body were discovered by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of shoreline nestled between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas.
Rajwinder Singh, 41, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in Far North Queensland.
The jury of 12 individuals plus several alternates visited the beach along with the judge and legal counsel on Monday morning in Queensland.
In a nod to the hot climate and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley wore a T-shirt, athletic wear and trainers rather than traditional court attire.
Both the prosecuting and defense attorneys chose casual shirts, shorts and headwear.
The jurors were led around 1.2km along the beach to observe where Ms Cordingley's body were discovered.
Upon arrival, as they arrived by bus, several red and white cones showed where the victim's car had been parked.
The trip was designed to help the jurors become acquainted with key locations in the trial and no testimony was given.
Last week, the court was informed that the following day Ms Cordingley's remains were discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – leaving behind his spouse, three children and parents.
He was out of contact until he was apprehended years after, the prosecution said.
It is alleged that the defendant, who was working as a nurse in the town of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a altercation with Ms Cordingley.
The victim was found wearing a swimwear, with her attire and belongings absent.
Those objects were taken by the killer to conceal evidence, prosecutors contend.
Her dog, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had brought along for a stroll, was located tied up to a tree concealed in bushland about 30 metres from the grave.
The weapon was ever recovered, and no one have been found.
But the state says the crown's case – though circumstantial – was made up of proof that indicated Mr Singh "excluding other suspects."
This will include evidence that genetic material recovered from a object at the scene was 3.8 billion times more likely to have come from Mr Singh than a random member of the public.
The court has previously been told evidence suggesting that Ms Cordingley's mobile device departed the scene after the killing – and that its movements corresponded with those of a blue Alfa Romeo belonging to the defendant.
Mr Singh's sudden departure from Australia also pointed to his guilt, the state has claimed.
"As the police were finding Toyah's body, he was organizing... a hurriedly arranged single journey back to India," Mr Crane said previously as he opened his case.
The defense is has not provided testimony, but in his opening address, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire described his client as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "incorrect location at the unfortunate moment."
He also hinted at evidence to come later in the trial that, after his arrest, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had seen two masked men assault Ms Cordingley and then had run away in terror – something he said was his "biggest mistake."
Mr McGuire has also said he will give evidence about other people "identified and unidentified" who should come under investigation.
Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, Marco Heidenreich, whom police excluded as a possible suspect, was among those who testified last week.
The court was informed he was an initial person of interest – and that he had faced questions from Ms Cordingley's parent about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's disappearance, prior to her body were discovered.
Photographs showing the witness on a walk with a friend on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the court, with an expert saying he was confident the photos were genuine and had not been doctored in any manner.
The trial will resume to the more conventional setting of the courtroom on the next day.
