Killer Robert Durst on ventilator with Covid days after being sentenced to life

Robert Durst was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday (Myung J Chung/Los Angeles Times/AP)

New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been taken to hospital with coronavirus just days after being sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case.

His lawyer Dick DeGuerin said he was notified that Durst was admitted after testing positive for Covid. He said Durst is on a ventilator but he had no other details about his condition.