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Toyah Cordingley’s accused killer breaks his silence with a shocking new claim as he tells the Indian court that he WANTS to be extradited to Australia to face trial for his alleged murder.
- Nurse accused of murdering Toyah Cordingley, 24, charge denied
- Rajwinder Singh, 38, has asked to be returned to Australia to fight the charges in court.
- Ms Cordingley was found dead on a Queensland beach in 2018, prompting a manhunt
An Indian nurse accused of killing Toyah Cordingley has asked to be extradited to Australia so she can fight the charge.
Rajwinder Singh, 38, is accused of murdering a 24-year-old at Wangetti Beach in far north Queensland in October 2018.
He then allegedly fled to India two days later, sparking a four-year manhunt before he was tracked down in a village and arrested in November.
Singh denied the allegation and said he was prepared to fight it after officially filing an application to return to Australia in a New Delhi court on Saturday.
An Indian nurse (centre, Rajwinder Singh) accused of killing Toyah Cordingley has asked to be extradited to Australia so he can fight the charge.
Rajwinder Singh, 38, has been charged with murdering the 24-year-old (pictured) at Wangetti Beach in far north Queensland in October 2018.
He told the media that he “hasn’t done anything wrong” and that he is “an eyewitness to a murder.”
“I am not the murderer, I did not kill her (Toyah),” he said. mail. I will tell the court why I fled the country from there.
Singh said he wanted the Australian Federal Police to take over the Queensland Police investigation and insisted on a “thorough investigation”.
His father Amar has supported his son saying that he believed in his innocence.
“I fully support my son’s decision to go to Australia and contest the charges,” he said.
The extradition order now must be signed by the Indian government before Singh can return and it is unclear when that will happen.
Singh told local reporters in Delhi that he will “explain everything back in Australia.”
Singh (right, with his father Amar) told the media that he “hasn’t done anything wrong” and that he is “an eyewitness to a murder.”
On Saturday, Singh (pictured outside court in Delhi) filed a ‘declaration of will’, meaning the Indian court accepted his wish to return to Australia and face trial.
Toyah Cordingley (pictured) was 24 when she was found dead in a shallow grave on Wangetti Beach in October 2018.
Ajay Digpaul, the government prosecutor, previously told AAP: “We will be looking to make sure that this case moves forward with maximum speed.”
Australian police allege Singh stabbed Ms Cordingley on Wangetti Beach, north of Cairns, while she was out for a morning walk with her dog.
Singh allegedly boarded a flight to India, leaving behind his wife and three children, a day after Ms Cordingley was reported missing.
Mrs Cordingley’s father found the body of the pharmacy worker half buried in the sand, with her dog tied unharmed to a nearby tree.
Local Indian media reports that Singh allegedly told the Delhi police that he argued with Ms Cordingley because her dog barked at him.
The prosecution is “very focused on this case,” Digpaul said.
Rajwinder Singh, 38, was eventually tracked down to a village in India and arrested in November.
Toyah had driven to Wangetti Beach, north of Cairns, to walk her dog. she never came home
But Singh “will have the right to appeal,” he added.
In November, the Delhi police shared a photo of the suspect, showing him wearing a turban and a long white-streaked beard.
His appearance is completely different from the photos that circulated of him after Toyah’s death in 2018.
He was arrested after a extradition request from Australia in 2021 and a $1 million reward offered by Queensland authorities that attracted the attention of bounty hunters.