A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter.<\/p>\n
Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen on two counts of murder brought against him by Lagos State Government.<\/p>\n
The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on both counts.<\/p>\n
The Dane was charged with the death of his wife and singer, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra.<\/p>\n
The Lagos State Government accused him of smothering Zainab and Petra to death at 3.45 a.m. at No. 4, Flat 17, Bella Vista Tower, Banana Island, Ikoyi.<\/p>\n
Nielsen was arraigned 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.<\/p>\n
In a five-hour judgment, Okikiolu-Ighile, held that oral and documentary evidence before the court showed that prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Nielsen smothered his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is one of the cases of domestic violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe DNA analysis of nail scraping brought out the assailant of Zainab.<\/p>\n
\u201cZainab tried so much to defend herself. The evidence shows that Peter Nielsen killed his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is evidence before the court that there is a fight between the defendant and his wife,\u201d the judge held.<\/p>\n
She held that Prosecution Witnesses (PW5 and PW6) testified that they heard Zainab calling Mimi (one the girls living with the couple) for help and they heard Zainab telling the defendant to check her phone but he kept hitting her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe act of the defendant shows that he suffocated his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeter has always domestically abused his wife which was shown in the police extract from Ikoyi Police Station.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe didn\u2019t know that her marriage to the defendant was void abi nitio because Peter was already married in Denmark.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are found guilty of murder of Zainab and Petra. I hereby pronounce that you Peter Nielsen be hanged by the neck till death. May God have mercy on you,\u201d she held.<\/p>\n
\u25aa\ufe0eBy NAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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