Danish man who allegedly killed wife, daughter claims innocence

Danish man, Peter Nielsen, who allegedly killed his wife and daughter was arraigned before Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile, at the Lagos High Court sitting in the Igbosere area of Lagos state today.

Nielsen, 53, is facing charges bordering on two counts of murder.

He allegedly killed his 37-year-old wife, Zainab, and his three-year-old daughter, Petra, on April 5, 2018, at about 3:45 am at their Banana Island residence in the Ikoyi area of the state.

He, however, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him.

The police had previously told a Chief Magistrate Court that Neilsen hit his wife’s head against the wall several times, inflicting fatal injuries which led to her death.

He was also alleged to have poisoned his daughter and tried to cover up the said murder incidents as a domestic accident.

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“He had dragged their bodies under the gas to create the impression that they suffocated to death as a result of a gas leakage,” said a police officer, Effiong Asuquo, had told the court.

Zainab was, until her death, a singer popularly known as Alizee.