The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, said that Alizee suffered trauma from the injuries she sustained on her head.
The police have revealed that the late Zainab Nielsen, popularly know as Alizee, died of head injuries she sustained, according to post-mortem reports.
The information was disclosed at a press briefing in Lagos State on Monday, April 16. 2018, where the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, said that Alizee suffered trauma from the injuries she sustained on her head.
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Speaking to journalists on the case, Edgal said, “The autopsy report revealed that Mrs Zainab Nielsen suffered trauma as a result of the impact on her head.
"Secondly, the forensic experts revealed that there were bloodstains from the couple’s bedroom to the kitchen. Even though they were cleverly wiped from the floor, they were still able to detect the stains with the application of special chemical reagents.
"In addition, bloodstains were also discovered on the wash hand basins and on the hand towel the suspect used in wiping his hands after the commission of the offence.”
As earlier reported, Alizee and her three-year-old daughter, Petra, were reportedly murdered on April 5, 2018, by the singer’s Danish husband, Peter Nielsen, at their residence at Bellasta Towers, Banana Island, Ikoyi.
The 53-year-old was arrested and arraigned at a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, April 13, 2018, on two counts of murder.
CSP Effiong Asuquo, a police prosecutor, told the court that Peter hit his wife’s head on the wall, adding that she died from the injuries she sustained during the attack. He also tendered a remand application during the hearing.
He also stated that the suspect poisoned their daughter, Petra, and dragged their bodies to the kitchen afterwards.
Peter was subsequently remanded in Ikoyi prisons while the case file was forwarded to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
Alizee's alleged killer husband pleads not guilty in court
Peter Nielsen pleaded not guilty to murder.
The 53-year-old suspect was alleged to have killed the victims in the bedroom at their Banana Island Lagos residence last Thursday but dragged their dead bodies to the kitchen to make it look like it was an accident.
This was the result of the police preliminary investigations into the incident that sparked outrage among Nigerians on social media platforms.
Nielsen, a citizen of Denmark, was arraigned on a two-count charge before the Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos, but he pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mrs. K.B. Ayeye, ordered that the suspect is remanded in Ikoyi Prisons pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The prosecutor, CSP Effiong Asuquo, told the court that the accused committed the offences on April 5 at his residence at Block 4, Flat 17, Bella Vista Tower, Banana Island, Ikoyi.
He alleged that the Nielsen killed his wife, Zainab, 37, and her daughter, Petra, in the house.
"The accused who was always at loggerheads with his wife had hit her head on the wall several times leading to her death; he also proceeded to poison his daughter. He had dragged their lifeless bodies under the gas to create the impression that they suffocated to death as a result of a gas leakage," Asuquo said.
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The offences contravened Sections 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 which prescribes death sentence for offenders.
The case has been adjourned until May 8 pending DPP's advice.
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