Mamadou Diallo, 61, was arrested for killing a man who was attempting to rape his wife, Nenegale. Diallo, a native of Guinea, was charged with manslaughter after using a tire iron to kill the would-be rapist, a 43-year-old ex-convict named Earl Nash.
According to police, Nash entered the couple’s apartment around 10 p.m. and struck Nenegale in the head with a chair. He then tore off her clothes, reports the Daily Mail.
Nenegale managed to fight off her attacker long enough to call her husband, who was outside the building in the cab he drove for a living. Moments later, surveillance video captured Diallo bashing in the rapist’s head with the tire iron.
Remarkably, in a letter to prosecutors, Earl Nash’s family wrote that they were praying for the victim’s recovery, and asked that Diallo be cleared of all charges. They noted in the letter that Nash was schizophrenic. Read the full article here ▶
