Thug kicked dog in air and strangled his mum

DAD, 28, IS JAILED FOR 3 YEARS AND HANDED A RESTRAINING ORDER

- CARL JACKSON News Reporter

A BIRMINGHAM thug who booted a dog into the air and strangled his own mother has been jailed for more than three years.

Tayler Thompson sparked public outrage after being caught on camera kicking a stranger's dog in the street outside his home in Audley Road, Kitts Green.

But that was just the start of a dreadful crime spree which continued when he subjected police to two hours of racial abuse after being arrested.

Then, while on bail for those offences, he repeatedly strangled his mother, trashed her belongings and lit a fire inside her home.

The 28-year-old father admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a dog, two charges of racial harassment, possession of cannabis, three counts of criminal damage, two offences of intentional strangulation, arson and assault by beating.

He was jailed for three years and two months at Birmingham Crown Court.

Judge Samantha Crabb also imposed an indefinite restraining order banning Thompson from contact with his mother or attending her home.

She said: “It's difficult for me to envisage a more serious case of assault by beating.”

Gary Cook, prosecuting, said the first incident was on June 17 last year when a woman walked her dog past Thompson as he sat in his car on the driveway.