Rajwinder Singh linked to Toyah Cordingley’s shallow grave through DNA and ‘distinctive’ car, court hears

Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, owned Alfa Romeo sedan ‘similar’ to one seen on CCTV in areas where Cordingley’s phone was located, jury told

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A man accused of murder can be linked to a young woman’s shallow grave on a beach via DNA samples and a “distinctive” European car, a jury has heard.

Rajwinder Singh pleaded not guilty in the supreme court on Tuesday to the murder of 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley, more than six years after the young woman’s body was found at an isolated far north Queensland beach.

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