Michael Thompson: Alleged murder victim believed all she was to defendant was ‘mother to his children’
The court heard that the alleged murder victim believed all she was to the defendant was the mother to his children, in a voice note played to the jury at the end of last week.
55-year-old Michael Thompson, of Pinewood Road, pleaded not guilty to the rape and murder of 43-year-old Kimberley Thompson – who was found dead at a home in Pinewood Road on August 9 2025.
Thompson appeared at Northampton Crown Court on December 16, 2025 when he also pleaded not guilty to two additional charges of committing an act with intent to pervert the course of public justice.
The trial, which is being held at Nottingham Crown Court, is expected to last around six weeks and the jury members were sworn in on Thursday May 21 ahead of the prosecution opening on Tuesday May 26.
As part of the schedule of events, which the prosecution shares with the jury as they begin to round off their case, messages and voice notes are read out and listened to in chronological order.
The court heard that it was on December 31, 2024 when Kim changed her last name from Thompson to Bounds on Facebook, and this was around the time when the defendant was making three-hour-long recordings at a time.
The alleged murder victim continued apologising to the defendant for what she had done, referring to her affair, including in a voice note sent on February 4, 2025. She described herself as an “idiot” for thinking she could remain in the family home and shared that she hoped Thompson had a much better life without her in it.
Kim thanked Thompson for being honest and making it clear that his feelings had not changed, and she said she was trying to protect Thompson from the “sh*t person” she was.
In another voice note from the first few months of 2025 recovered from Kim’s phone, she was talking about sorting the consent order in their divorce proceedings – which is a document that formalises the financial agreement reached.
She admitted she should have done it a long time ago and that her plan was to “get it done and get out” because of the effect it was having on Thompson’s mental health. Kim described her mind as “a mess” and that the situation was affecting how she thinks and what she does.
In the voice note, Kim said that she is sure Thompson does not want to be telling her she is a nasty person and that she has got to get out of the house. She did not want to try and explain what was going on in her head.
The alleged murder victim then addressed her belief that all she is to Thompson is the mother to his children, which she said was her own doing and it goes round in her head.
Addressing the “misery and kind of anger” that she saw in Thompson, Kim said she needs to not be at the house and doing that to him. She said that what she hears him say, she knows it is “the truth”.
This recording was recovered from Kim’s phone and also saved to the defendant’s “everyday phone”. His “recording phone” has also been referred to throughout the trial.
The court heard that the consent order was in process by March 3, 2025 from an audio clip on Thompson’s everyday phone, during which Kim called herself “disgusting” and said she knew he did not care.
More than two weeks later in a three-hour recording on March 18 2025, Kim said that no matter what she did Thompson was never happy with her. The court heard the expectation was to have sex three nights a week and Kim’s belief that Thompson thought of her as a “piece of sh*t”.
The trial continues.
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