Michael Thompson: Defendant accessed sexual videos of Kim in the hours before he allegedly murdered her
The defendant accessed sexual videos of Kimberley in the hours before he allegedly murdered her, the court heard as the schedule of events concluded on Monday (June 15).
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 – as well as any relevant phone activity.
The court heard that Thompson accessed a video of Kim in a sexual nature, which he had recorded from Kim’s phone on June 3 and looked at again on August 8, 2025 at 8.44pm.
Kim was having a discussion with her new partner that same evening between 9.58pm and 10.03pm, while Thompson was looking at another screen recording of a similar sexual nature.
The court heard that Kim and her partner were still talking on WhatsApp at around 10.10pm, when Thompson accessed another video he had recorded from Kim’s device of similar sexual content.
It was around 20 minutes later, at 10.28pm, when Thompson accessed a video of him and Kim having sex. The court heard that it looks like it was taken by Thompson on May 31, 2025. He accessed the same video again, but this time it had been edited and zoomed in.
Kim and her new partner continued communicating until 11.54pm and it was more than an hour-and-a-half later at 1.31am on Saturday, August 9 when two completely black images were captured on Kim’s device.
It was at 2.30am when Kim allegedly sent a message to Thompson expressing a desire to sleep with him. An hour and two minutes after that last message, the court heard that a friend request was sent from Kim’s Facebook account to Thompson’s.
Kim’s Facebook relationship status also changed to ‘got married’ early that morning and within 30 seconds, the status about “drinking to much !” with the incorrect spelling of too and the space between the sentence and the exclamation mark was posted.
The jury were told of the relevant messages, calls and phone activity following Kim’s death, which included a message from members of her family.
The trial continues.
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