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Jury Convicts Rajwinder Singh of Toyah Cordingley’s 2018 Beach Murder

Sentencing submissions begin Tuesday following a four-week retrial that ended with a unanimous verdict.

Overview

  • The Cairns Supreme Court jury reached its decision after about seven hours of deliberation at the retrial.
  • Jurors found Singh stabbed Cordingley and cut her throat at Wangetti Beach before fleeing the country.
  • Cordingley, 24, was found half-buried in sand dunes, and her dog was discovered alive tied to a tree nearby.
  • Singh spent four years in India before his arrest in New Delhi and extradition to Australia in 2023.
  • Queensland Police had offered a record A$1 million reward for information, later confirmed as paid to multiple claimants.