A 57-year-old Corfu man admitted to murdering his 75-year-old mother by suffocating her and hiding her body in a pit outside their home, police on the Ionian island revealed this week.

According to police, the man admitted to dumping his mother’s body in the pit in a bid to make her death look like an accident.

He claimed to have had “personal” reasons for suffocating her, the police said.

A search of the home turned up an unlicensed hunting rifle and an air gun.

The 57-year-old will appear in court this week.