Jana Armstrong’s former partner appears in court charged with murder after body found near Toowoomba

Dharminder Singh ‘asserts his innocence’, lawyer tells reporters, amid outpouring of grief for young mother in Queensland city

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The former partner of a woman https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/12/missing-woman-jana-armstrong-queensland-man-charged-murder-ntwnfb">whose body was found near Toowoomba at the weekend has appeared in court for the first time after being charged with her murder.

Dharminder Singh covered his face and appeared to sob as he appeared in Toowoomba magistrates court via video link, charged with the murder of 30-year-old Jana Armstrong.