Mentally ill man attacked his wife with a hammer – then drove screwdrivers into his skull

An elderly husband battered his wife over the head with a hammer, then stabbed himself in the head with two screwdrivers, the Old Bailey heard. Oamaira Diaz, in her mid-60s, was left with serious head injuries after her husband Manuel Diaz, 73, bludgeoned her repeatedly at their home in Hillingdon, west London. Diaz, who is being held at a secure unit, is not fit to stand trial for the charge of attempted murder but a jury has been asked to…

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