Kurri Kurri puppy killer Nathan Francis Thompson jailed for driving offences following trail bike chase

He felt the wrath of activists when convicted in 2015 of brutally killing nine puppies. Now Nathan Thompson has felt the wrath of a magistrate for attempting to run from police while high on ice.

Convicted Kurri Kurri puppy killer Nathan Francis Thompson has quietly slinked back into jail after unsuccessfully trying to escape police during a chase on his trail bike while high on ice and cannabis.

Thompson, 31, crashed his unregistered bike as he attempted to jump a gutter to evade a highway patrol officer who had seen him riding on the outskirts of Singleton on December 16.

“You got me, chief,’’ Thompson told the officer as he dusted himself off and picked up his machine.

In his wallet, police found methamphetamine and a saliva test later revealed methamphetamine and cannabis in Thompson’s system.

Kurri Kurri puppy killer Nathan Thompson leaves Newcastle Court in 2015. Picture by Peter Lorimer.

The Aberdare man, who was the target of animal rights activists in 2015 after admitting to killing nine puppies by hitting them over the head with a brick and dumping their bodies near Kurri Kurri, faced Singleton Local Court last week charged with a range of offences.

Thompson was jailed for a maximum of eight months, and with a non-parole period of four months, on the disqualified driving charge.

He was fined $600 for negligent driving and disqualified for a further 12 months.

Puppy killer Nathan Thompson fronting Newcastle Local Court in 2015 before being sentenced to 18 months’ jail for killing nine puppies. Picture by Peter Lorimer

The latest sentence comes nearly seven years after Thompson was confronted by hordes of angry animal rights activists when he faced charges relating to the deaths of the nine bull terrier-cross puppies.

Thompson was given the puppies after a breeder failed to sell them, taking the animals to bushland outside Kurri Kurri where he started hitting them over a head with a brick.

A witness prompted Thompson to leave after killing four of the dogs, driving to another place where another five were killed.

One animal, which was later nicknamed Lucky, survived and was rehomed.

Animal activists outside Newcastle Local Court as Nathan Thompson faced his sentencing in 2015. Pic: Peter Lorimer

Thompson was jailed for a maximum 18 months for the crimes after his sentencing was moved from Maitland to Newcastle for increased security after a social media campaign attracted dozens of animal rights activists.

He was also banned from owning animals for life.

But in 2018 he was fined $2100 after arrested driving with a dog in his car.