Rajwinder Singh launches appeal to overturn conviction and sentence for Toyah Cordingley murder

Key points

• Rajwinder Singh has launched an appeal against his conviction and sentence for the murder of Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley. His matter is due to be heard at the Court of Appeal in Brisbane on Tuesday morning.
• Singh was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 25 years. A court found he stabbed and slashed Cordingley to death on Wangetti Beach in 2018, then fled to India, where he spent four years in hiding.
• Cordingley's mother, Vanessa Gardiner, said the family would never forgive the person responsible.