Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Danish man, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife Zainab and their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Petra, four years after the murder.
The Judge said “I hereby pronounce that you Peter Nielsen shall be hanged by the neck until death. May God have mercy on you.”
Recall that Nielsen, 54, 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.
Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Kazeem Adeniji, had told the court that Nielsen murdered both Zainab, his wife, and Petra, their daughter at about 3:45am at 4, Flat 17, Bella Vista Tower, Banana Island Ikoyi.
Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, on two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government.
