Thug strangled and set fire to 17-year-old former lover in homophobic 'torture' attack
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A group of thugs beat, strangled and set fire to a 17-year-old in a homophobic torture attack, a judge has heard.
Taylor Knight, 20, had been in a relationship with the victim but led the brutal homophobic assault at his Kings Heath flat in Birmingham, motivated by his own "repressed sexuality".The group also threw boiling water at the terrified teenager as he cowered in a bathtub, having already had cigarette ends thrown at him.Harrowing footage of the victim on the floor as punches and kicks rained down was shown to Birmingham Crown Court.Knight, appearing on a link from HMP Brinsford in Staffordshire, turned away as the footage was played.The teenager had also had his mobile phone and.
