A Danish man, Peter Nielsen, has been sentenced to de@th by h@nging by a Lagos High Court for k#lling his Nigerian wife and three-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
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Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile on Friday, May 20, convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of m#rder brought against him by the Lagos State Government.
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The judge sentenced Nielsen to de@th by hanging on both counts.
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The state submitted that the defendant allegedly k#lled his Nigerian musician wife, Zainab also known as Alizee and his daughter on April 5, 2018, at about 3.45 am at their Banana Island residence in the Ikoyi area of Lagos
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Nielsen was arraigned on June 13, 2018. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the two counts of m#rder p#nishable under Section 223 of the Cri#inal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
