Murder trial begins more than six years after 24-year-old’s body was found half-buried in sand at Wangetti beach, north of Cairns

The man accused of killing Toyah Cordingley has pleaded not guilty to murder at the start of his trial, more than six years after the young woman’s body was found at an isolated beach.

The supreme court of Queensland on Tuesday started hearing the case in Cairns, about 40km south of the alleged crime scene in the state’s far north.

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