The man accused of murdering 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley on a Queensland seashore 4 years in the past has instructed an Indian courtroom he desires to return to Australia as quickly as potential to face trial.

Rajwinder Singh, 38, swore in a “willingness statement” submitted to a Delhi courtroom Justice of the Peace that he wished to formally waive his proper to problem extradition.

Singh’s determination avoids a authorized battle that would have dragged on for years in India’s clogged courtroom system.

As he was being escorted to the courtroom by police the Australian citizen of Indian origin, mentioned he had a “message for Australians”.

“I want to go back,” Singh mentioned. “It is the [Indian] judicial system that has been holding things up.” He was accompanied by his father and mom on the listening to.

“I did not kill the woman,” he mentioned, including he wished to “reveal all the details” to an Australian courtroom.

Asked why he had fled the nation after Cordingley’s alleged homicide in 2018, Singh mentioned: “I will explain all that [later].” He added: “There were two killers and two victims.”

Australian police say Singh is the prime suspect within the killing. He was arrested in November by Delhi police.

Authorities had been looking for Singh for 4 years. There has been an extradition order towards him since 2021. Singh boarded a flight to India hours after police found Cordingley’s physique half-buried in sand dunes on Wangetti seashore north of Cairns.

The public prosecutor Ajay Digpaul instructed the courtroom that Cordingley’s killing was a “heinous offence” and Singh’s determination to waive extradition was “the best possible outcome”. Singh’s attorneys initially mentioned he would struggle extradition.

Unless the accused agrees to be extradited proceedings in India will be extraordinarily drawn out.

Digpaul mentioned he may give no “exact timeline” for when Singh can be despatched again to Australia as “things must move at their own speed”. But he mentioned the extradition proceedings ought to “start moving”.

“The case is almost finished as he is not contesting,” the prosecutor mentioned.

The Justice of the Peace will think about Singh’s request to be returned to Australia and provides a choice on 10 January. The Indian authorities has already provisionally consented to Australia’s name for Singh’s extradition however the request wanted to be signed off by the courtroom.

Singh’s waiving of his proper to contest extradition means the courtroom not has to listen to proof within the case compiled by Australian investigators earlier than giving the inexperienced gentle for his return.

Australian police have mentioned Cordingley – a pharmacy employee – had suffered “visible, violent injuries”. Her canine was discovered tied up close by.

Singh, who labored as a nurse and lived in Innisfail, has a spouse and three youngsters in Australia. Since his arrest, he has been housed in Delhi’s Tihar jail, south Asia’s largest jail.

His cousin, who didn’t want to be recognized by title, mentioned the accused “has faith in Australia’s courts and the justice system”.

Singh, who was clean-shaven in Australia, grew an extended and unkempt beard in India. He allegedly evaded arrest by transferring continually.

He was arrested simply weeks after the Queensland authorities posted a record $1m reward in November for data resulting in his seize.