A former Turkish top-flight footballer has admitted murdering his five-year-old son, 11 days after it was officially ruled that the child had died of natural causes.
Former Super Lig player Cevher Toktas, 33, took his son Kasim to hospital on April 23 with a cough and a high fever, and both were quarantined as they were showing the usual signs of coronavirus.
Later in the day, Toktas called doctors into the boy's room saying he was having trouble breathing. The child was rushed to intensive care, but died. It was ruled he had passed away as a result of Covid-19 and he was buried, however, Toktas has now admitted he suffocated his own child to death with a pillow.