Peter Nielsen Nigeria

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Court Sentences Danish Man Peter Nielsen To Death For Killing ... (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

Peter Nielsen during his arraignment on charges of allegedly killing his wife and daughter at the Lagos High Court, Igbosere, Lagos on June 13, 2018. A Lagos ...

The court particularly held that Zainab’s sister, Pepe, was a witness of truth. The Lagos State Government had accused Nielsen then 53 of smothering the two to death on April 5, 2018, at about 3.45 am at their Banana Island residence in the Ikoyi area of the state. A Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square of Lagos Island on Friday sentenced to death by hanging, a Danish man, Peter Nielsen, accused of killing his Nigerian wife Zainab and his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter.

Danish National, Nielsen Bags Death Sentence For Killing Nigerian ... (SaharaReporters.com)

Nielsen, 54, was condemned to death by Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile of the Lagos State High Court on Friday after he was found guilty of two counts of ...

Following the accusation, he was arraigned on June 13, 2018 before the Lagos State High Court. Nielsen pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of murder contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Nielsen, 54, was condemned to death by Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile of the Lagos State High Court on Friday after he was found guilty of two counts of murder.

BREAKING: Court sentences Dane to death for killing Nigerian wife ... (Premium Times)

The Lagos State government accused Mr Nielsen of smothering his wife and child to death at 3.45 a.m. at their home in Banana Island.

In her sentencing, the judge held that, in line with Section 223 (2) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos state, 2015, “subject to the provision of any other law, the death sentence is the punishment for murder. I also prescribe the court’s sentence upon you for both counts of murder to be death by hanging. She even prophesied her death by telling her driver and step-dad that the defendant would kill her. The DNA result showed she tried so much to defend herself. He was still married to his wife in Denmark and had three children with her. I find it hard to believe he is absolved of having a hand in their deaths.”

Flashback: How Denmark man killed his Nigerian wife, child (TheNiche)

Nielsen was charged with the death of his wife and singer, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra in 2018.

Nielsen said when he saw his wife and daughter in the kitchen, he dragged her to the living room and asked one of the late wife’s stepsisters living with them to bring his daughter. However, in the case of whether the housemaid was able to enter the kitchen through the back door on the day the incident happened, Nielsen said the housemaid used to enter the kitchen through the back door or front door depending on her duties. The defendant said when he later woke up in the morning and did not see his wife on the bed, he went in search of her. The Dane was charged with the death of his wife and singer, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra. Nielsen was charged with the death of his wife and singer, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra in 2018 During the continuation of his cross-examination, the defendant told the court that when he woke up at 2:30 a.m., on April 5, 2018, he got snacks and drinks for his wife and daughter before going back to sleep.

Dane sentenced to die in Nigeria for killing wife, daughter (ABC News)

A Nigerian court has sentenced a Danish man to death after finding he killed his wife, a Nigerian, and three-year-old daughter in 2018 at their residence in ...