By Carl Jackson
A thug who booted a dog into the air and strangled his own mother has been jailed. Tayler Thompson sparked public outrage after being caught on camera kicking a stranger’s dog in the street outside his home on 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. READ MORE: Cowboy Facebook builder ripped people off for thousands of pounds 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 was jailed for three years and two months at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday, Wednesday, July 2. He had 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. The first incident took place on June 17 last year when a woman walked her dog past Thompson as he sat in his car on the driveway. Gary Cook, prosecuting, said: “The defendant beeped his horn and caught her attention. “He got out and started shouting ‘get your f***ing dog away from my house, I’m fed up of this s*** everywhere’. “He walked up to her and her dog. With his right leg he kicked the dog with quite a force causing the dog to come off the ground into the air and yelp in pain. The defendant returned to his vehicle and drove off.” The dog was taken to the vet and treated, costing the owner more than £300. She said the incident left her scared to leave her own house and struggling to sleep. Thompson’s attack had been caught on CCTV which ’caused a significant adverse reaction’, said Mr Cook who stated police went to arrest him three days later. “He’d been reported making threats and banging on neighbours’ windows. “People had taken umbrage to what he had done. He had eggs thrown at his window and a dog had done its business on his driveway. He was rather exercised about all that.” Thompson made a meal of his arrest by banging himself up against the van. Then in custody he subjected two police constables to two hours of ‘sustained racially offensive comments’ about ‘Europeans’. Thompson was ultimately released on bail and went to stay at his mother’s home in July last year. While there he smashed a picture of her late brother, punched holes in bedroom doors and pulled the kitchen drawers off. On July 14 he was outside the address breaking plant pots, bins and a garden fence. When a neighbour approached him he said ‘you better go in before I rape you’, the prosecutor told the court. Two days later he attacked his mother. Mr Cook said: “He started to rant and rave and put one of his hands on the right side of her neck and squeezed really hard. “She managed to pull his hand off. He then shouted: ‘I could kill you any time I want’.” Thompson left of his own accord only to return to her home on September 8, jump over a fence and get in through the patio door. Mr Cook said: “He was there for three hours. An argument ensued and he punched her to the head, grabbed her around the throat and started to squeeze. “She got him off and left the room. During the incident he shouted he could kill her.” Thompson followed his mother into the kitchen and grabbed her neck again as well as punched, pushed and kicked her. He continued to shout abuse before he set fire to a newspaper in a bin and threatened to burn the house down. Thompson threw the bin outside but then smashed the glass of an internal door and pursued his mother upstairs while holding a knife, demanding she admit everything was her fault. Judge Samantha Crabb 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.” Thompson has previously committed 14 offences including having knives in public, criminal damage and assaults. The court was told he had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism but a psychiatrist concluded they did not significantly reduce his culpability for his actions. Annabel Hale, defending, said there had been an eight-year gap in his offending until 2022. She said: “During that time he was working and describes having a stable life. “Following the breakdown of his relationship and losing regular contact with his son, that’s when things started to spiral for him.” The barrister said his mental disorders meant he had difficulty communicating as well as contributed towards his struggles with anger. Ms Hale told the court he had obtained jobs and taken courses while in custody, adding: “He conveys remorse for the situation.”