Turkish footballer confessed to murdering his five-year-old son who had coronavirus

The Turkish footballer Cevher Toktas, from the Bursa Yildirim amateur club, caused a great commotion in his country by surrendering to the police and confess that he murdered his 5-year-old son, who had symptoms of coronavirus.

According to Turkish press reports, according to the newspaper ClarionToktas admitted to the cruel crime 11 days after the incident, as authorities ruled the boy’s death a natural death by Covid-19.

The little boy entered a care center with respiratory problems and his father suffocated him with a pillow, when they were alone in the quarantine, to later notify the doctors. This was reported by the player himself when surrendering to the police.

“I pressed a pillow over my son who was lying on his back. For 15 minutes I pressed the pillow without lifting it. My son was struggling during that time. After it stopped moving, I raised the pillow. Then I yelled at the doctors to avoid any suspicion about me“he declared.

His motive was even more cruel: “I never loved my son minor after he was born. I don’t know why I didn’t love him. The only reason I killed him that day is because I didn’t like him. I have no mental problem. “

Following the confession, Toktas was arrested and will be tried for “murdering a close relative”, a crime. punished with life imprisonment.

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