The 38-year-old appeared in courtroom in Delhi by video hyperlink and can now face trial over the alleged homicide of the 24-year-old Queenslander
An Indian courtroom has accepted the extradition of Rajwinder Singh, the person accused of murdering Toyah Cordingley on a seaside in Queensland, paving the way in which for him to return to Australia to face trial.
Singh, 38, who's an Australian nationwide of Indian origin, had waived his proper to problem the request by the Australian authorities for him to be extradited to face trial for the killing of Cordingley.
Showing in a Delhi district courtroom on Tuesday by way of video hyperlink, Singh was knowledgeable by Decide Swati Sharma that his extradition to Australia had been allowed by the courts. Singh merely mentioned “thanks” when the extradition was accepted.
In an announcement given to a Delhi courtroom earlier this month, Singh confirmed that he was conscious he can be returning to Australia to face trial for homicide and that a conviction within the case carries a life sentence.
The order by the Delhi courts implies that Singh, who's at present being held in Delhi’s Tihar jail, might be returned to Australia inside two to 3 weeks, whether it is accepted shortly by the Indian authorities.
The Indian international ministry has already partially accepted his extradition however they should log off on the courtroom’s last order, which might be despatched to the federal government this week.
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Singh is suspected within the homicide of Cordingley, the 24-year-old who was murdered whereas out strolling her canine on Wangetti seaside, north of Cairns in Queensland in October 2018, in a case that despatched shock waves throughout the nation.
Her physique was found half-buried within the sand dunes and police mentioned she had been killed in a “private and intimate assault”.
Singh, a father of three who was working as a nurse in Australia, is alleged to have boarded a flight to his India quickly after the killing, prompting a four-year search by Australian police.
They issued an extradition order for him in 2021 and later an unprecedented $1m reward for his location and arrest.
Indian regulation enforcement lastly tracked down Singh within the capital of Delhi in November.
Whereas extradition circumstances can usually be drawn out for years, significantly in India’s congested courts, Singh’s choice to not contest his extradition to Australia has meant it has moved shortly. Ajay Digpaul, the Indian public prosecutor within the case, confirmed Singh would doubtless be again in Australia earlier than the tip of February.
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