Segun Atanda/

A Dane has been given a date with the hangman
in Lagos, Nigeria, four years after he killed his wife and daughter in their home at Banana Island.
Fifty-four-year-old Peter Nielsen murdered his 37-year-old Nigerian wife, Zainab Ali Nielsen and their 3 1/2-year-old daughter, Petra Nielsen, on April 5, 2018.

He was sentenced to death by hanging yesterday.

Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile of the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square, convicted him on two counts of murder.

The judge sentenced him to death for killing Zainab, who was a singer, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra.

Lagos State Government had accused him of smothering Zainab and Petra to death at 3:45a.m. at their number 4, Flat 17, Bella Vista Tower, Banana Island, Ikoyi apartment in Lagos.

Nielsen was arraigned on June 13, 2018, but he denied the two-count charge of murder contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.