Yadwinder Singh charged with murder of woman over tractor slasher death south of Brisbane

A man charged with the murder of his wife after allegedly running over her with the slasher attachment of a tractor on a farm has been named.

A truck driver charged with the murder of his wife after she was allegedly run over by the slasher attachment of a tractor on a farm has faced court for the first time.

Yadwinder Singh was not produced before Beenleigh Magistrates Court when his matter was briefly mentioned on Friday.

Mr Singh, 44, was charged earlier in the morning with murder and interfering with a corpse.

Emergency services were called after reports of a sudden death at an Undullah Rd property in Woodhill, south of Brisbane, about 9.30am on Thursday.

When officers arrived at the property, they found a 41-year-old Woodhill woman with “significant injuries”.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators at the farm near Beaudesert where a woman was killed by a tractor slasher. Picture: Supplied / ABC

The woman was killed by a tractor on the farm near Beaudesert on Thursday. Picture: Supplied / ABC

Corey Cook, representing Mr Singh, sought a brief of evidence and asked for an adjournment during his client’s brief mention.

The court was told a pathology report was at least three months away.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Karine Evans said there would be “lengthy” delays on forensic and mechanical evidence from the tractor allegedly involved.

Recordings on the defendant and victim’s phones also needed to be translated, she submitted.

“Those will probably be the lengthiest delays,” Sergeant Evans said.

She said a three-month adjournment would be preferable.

Mr Singh, who works as a truck driver, will return to court on June 5.

He made no application for bail and was remanded in custody.

Under Queensland law bail applications for charges of murder can only be made in the Supreme Court.

In court documents obtained by NCA NewsWire, Mr Singh’s birthplace is listed as Khabe Rajputan, a village in the Amritsar district in Punjab, India.

A woman has died from being run over by a slasher attachment of a tractor at a property in Logan, south of Brisbane. Picture: 7 News

Speaking to the media on Friday, Detective Inspector Chris Knight said police expected their investigation at the property to last for days.

“It’s a complex crime scene because you’ve got a lot of farm equipment, you’ve got a lot of farm dwellings or structures on the property and you’ve got a lot of open or vacant land,” he said.

“It’s heavily covered in terms of ground cover.”

Police have removed a sedan, a tractor and a slasher attachment from the farm as part of their investigation.

Detective Inspector Knight said police would also review the recordings of the conversation Mr Singh had with the QAS operator when he called to report his wife had died.

“We’ve recovered those recordings and we’ve reviewed them,” he said.

“Essentially he reported that his wife had passed away and there was some limited follow up questions that were fed to him by the QAS operators to try to assess her condition.”

A state pathologist also attended the scene on Thursday to assist with the criminal investigation.

Police will also be investigating any history of domestic violence.

Detective Inspector Knight said the family were were being well supported by the police.

He said th Singh family had lived a the property for “quite some time” alongside their two teenage children.

“I don’t say this lightly, our thoughts go out to them at the moment and we’re providing as much support as we can and we greatly assisted by the Queensland homicide victim support group in supporting the grieving family of the deceased lady,” Detective Inspector Knight said.

He said 50 volunteers were expected to join police and SES on Friday to assist in searching the large property but with ongoing wet weather conditions those plans might change.

Logan Criminal Investigation Branch have since launched an investigation into the woman’s sudden death.

“A crime scene has been declared and investigations are underway,” Queensland Police stated.

It’s understood the property is a sugar cane farm.