BREAKING: LAGOS HIGH COURT SENTENCES DANISH MAN; PETER NIELSEN TO DEATH BY HANGING
By Aishat O. Momoh
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square has sentenced Danish man, Peter Nielsen to death by hanging over the death of his Nigerian musician wife; Zainab (Alizee) and their daughter.
Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile announced the judgement on Friday evening.
The incident occurred at their Banana Island residence, Ikoyi on April 5, 2018.
On Friday, a Lagos High Court condemned Peter Nielsen, a Dane, to death by hanging for the murders of his Nigerian wife and daughter.
Nielsen, 54, was found guilty of two charges of murder filed against him by the Lagos State Government by Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile.
The Judge held that the prosecution was able to prove it’s case beyond reasonable doubt.
On both charges, the judge condemned Nielsen to death by hanging.
She said “I hereby pronounce that you Peter Nielsen shall be hanged by the neck until death. May God have mercy on you.”
The Dane was accused of killing his singer wife Zainab and their three-year-old daughter Petra.
Kazeem Adeniji, the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, had told the court that Nielsen suffocated Zainab and Petra to death in No. 4, Flat 17, Bella Vista Tower, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos State, at 3.45 a.m.
Nielsen appeared in court on June 13, 2018.
He pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of murder contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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