DNA at Toyah Cordingley's funeral website of 3.7 B more likely to be accused than others, hears in court

A DNA sample taken from a stick at the woman’s funeral site in Queensland, Toyah Cordingley, was 3.7 billion times more likely to come from Rajwinder Singh than someone else, heard an instance.

Mr. Singh, 40 years old, pleaded guilty to the October 2018 killing by Mrs. Cordingley, who was found buried in the sand on Wagetti beach north of Cairns.

The former assistant Inisfail is judged at the Supreme Court of Cairns, who has heard evidence today from the forensic scientist Rhys Parry about the tests of DNA evidence taken from the scene.

A woman holding a gift smiling at the camera — Toyah Cordingley was found dead at Wagetti Beach north of Cairns. (given)

The samples were compared to the DNA known by 92 people related to the case, including Mrs. Coldingley, her lover Marco Heidenreich, Mr. Singh, some family members, witnesses, police officers and others of interest.

The tested articles included a stick found partially prominent by the sand mound, where Mrs. Cordingley was buried, along with the bark, three wooden logs, sand taken from the area and lead from Dog Cordingley Indie.

The lover’s DNA on the dog dog

Mr. Singh was 3.7 billion times more likely to have contributed to the DNA taken from a stick -a two or three people in the world would be expected to match statistically, Mr. Parry said.

Also, it was 42 million times more likely a DNA sample taken from the bark from Mr. Singh than no, the court heard.

A sketch of a bearded man. — Rajwinder Singh, 40, is tried in Cairns. (ABC News: Paula Broughtton)

But Mr. Singh was either excluded, or considered to be unlikely to have contributed to several of the other DNA tests that were tested.

This included the dog collar, lead and chain, on which Mr. Heidenreich was found.

Indie the dog was so closely tied to a nearby tree that he could not sit, the court heard before.

“If you try to tie a knot to something, that is then pull through your hands and leave DNA, don’t it?” Asked the defense lawyer Angus Edwards KC.

“Yes, in that scenario, yes, you would have more chances to leave DNA,” said Mr. Parry.

“And not only more likely to leave DNA, but is it also more likely to be able to find DNA, because there is such a bigger contribution?”

“Potential,” said Mr. Parry.

dense scrub with a cone of traffic supported in a tree — The yard heard that Toyah Cordingley Indie’s dog was closely tied to this tree. (ABC Far North: Christopher Test)

The DNA of Mr. Heidenreich was also found on Mrs. Cordingley’s lid, found at the beach, a sample from which Mr. Singh was excluded.

However, Mr. Parry told the court that an article often managed by a person could be subject to “swimming”.

“Other people who could have touched her for a short period of time afterwards could not be detectable, because that person has so much DNA that they just remove other individuals.”

he said.

Mr. Heidenreich told the court that he was traveling with friends when Mrs. Cordingley disappeared.

The pursuit of “low level”

Mr. Singh’s defense asked the jurors to consider whether other potential killers could have been responsible for Mrs. Cordingley’s death.

Among the names, Mr. Edwards mentioned at his turn at the beginning of the trial counted Evan McCrea – a trader in Cairns, who, in the trials, said he was not at Wagetti beach on October 21, 2018, when Mrs. Cordingley was believed.

a long beach with vegetation and hills in the background — Toyah Cordingley’s body was found on Wagetti Beach in October 2018. (ABC Far North: Christopher Test)

The court heard a DNA sample taken from the top of Mrs. Cordingley’s left hand made from two people – Mrs. Coldingley and another.

The minor contribution was 340 times greater than coming from Mr. McCrea and 26 times more likely to come from Mr. Singh than a random member of the population.

Mr. Parry told the court, Mr. McCrea and Mr. Singh, shared the same two DNA alleles found in that sample.

The court has heard that secondary contributors to the tested DNA samples were often “low traces”, with a lot of potential taxpayers identified to small probabilities.

The clothes taken from Mr. Singh’s house in a consent search in November have not revealed any trace of Mrs. Cordingley’s DNA.

A forensic witness of the police, sergeant Amanda Milligan, previously gave evidence that there were no traces of blood in Mr. Singh’s car.

Defense probes another place

Earlier, the court heard evidence from Remy Fry school teacher, who visited his mother at Wagetti, after -Mrs. Cordingley was killed.

Mr. Fry told the court that he spent “three hours” by socializing with two friends and did not go down to the beach.

But one of those friends, Peter Lincoln, told the court that he did not remember Mr. Fry that he visited him that afternoon.

a long beach with more police in the distance — Wagetti beach is about 40 minutes by car north of Cairns. (ABC Far North: Christopher Test)

Mr. Fry said he left Wagetti around 4:00 pm to go home to Kuranda.

The court was told that the CCTV filming captured the Rover-blue sedan of Mr. Fry, in a service station and a parking station at Clifton Beach, 18 kilometers south of Wagetti, between 16.43 PM and 16.52 PM.

Defense lawyer, Brydie Bilic, told Mr. Fry that he had lied to the police about his movements that after -the next morning -a suggestion that Mr. Fry rejected.

The forensic scientist Rhys Parry will continue to give evidence on Tuesday, as the trial, in front of Judge James Henry continues.