A father has been charged with murder over the death of his three-year-old son in Sydney’s south-west.
The toddler was found dead alongside his father, 45-year-old Nathan Vikatos, who had serious injuries, inside their Riverwood apartment on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Police were called to the apartment by a female relative of the family.
Vikatos was taken to St George Hospital in a critical condition under police escort and had life-saving surgery. The ABC reported that the man’s injuries were self-inflicted.
He was arrested by police at the hospital on Friday. He was refused bail and will appear at Parramatta bail court on Saturday.
Police said on Wednesday evening that the child’s mother died “a couple of years ago”.
On Wednesday night, Supt Sheridan Waldau told reporters that “any kind of incident involving a small child is always a tragic incident”.
“Our condolences go out to the extended family of the child,” she said. “Unfortunately police attend domestic violence incidents all the time. We attend to 140,000 incidents every year.”
