Michael Thompson: Murder accused laughed in second police interview when asked if he was jealous, jury hears
The murder accused laughed more than once in his second police interview when asked if he was jealous of Kimberley’s online interactions with other men, the jury heard.
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.
On Tuesday July 16 the court heard that Thompson’s second police interview, after being arrested on suspicion of murder on August 12 2025, took place the day after on August 13 from 6.30pm until 8.12pm.
The defendant recalled looking through Kim’s phone when he was suspicious in February 2024. Thompson told the police he had become suspicious because in the 10 months before, Kim had talked about this male a lot.
Thompson said he was suspicious of “inappropriate behaviour” between the two of them and came across a message from Kim saying she wished the two of them had slept together, he alleges.
When asked if he was jealous, Thompson laughed and said “not really no” and said that was all he looked at on Kim’s phone on that occasion.
The defendant recalled another occasion, which he estimated was in June 2024, when Kim told another man that her husband had seen their messages and the man allegedly replied: “It’s not like we were in the house and doing stuff.”
Thompson told the police it made him feel “nothing”. When asked again if he was jealous, Thompson laughed and said no.
The 55-year-old recalled one other occasion when Kim had allegedly sent pictures of herself to another male, to which he said he “felt nothing” as he had already filed for divorce by the time of this interaction in June 2024.
Thompson responded “no” when asked if the divorce proceedings centred on affairs. He said he had not had an affair and that Kim had one back in 2011. The defendant explained they worked through it and “things just fell back” to how they were, the jury heard.
Thompson told the police he did not feel anything about it now and that he does not “get jealous or anything like that” as it is not who he is.
The court heard Thompson said “everything was fine” between him and Kim on August 8 and 9 2025, with “no sort of hostility”. He said “we are where we are in our lives and that’s how it is” and that there were no bad vibes or feelings between the two of them.
The interviewer asked if there was any physical violence in the relationship and Thompson said no, only when Kim had a drink. He said she gets “really emotional” and that she was “swinging” at Thompson in a physical interaction in 2010, the court heard.
Thompson said he remembers this occasion because it only happened once and was “so out of character”. He repeatedly denied having ever being violent towards Kim.
The jury heard that Thompson also brought up an occasion when Kim allegedly ripped off a bracelet he had bought her from New York and threw it out of a window during an argument. He said she climbed out of the window in their home to try and retrieve the bracelet, and this was when she had drank alcohol.
The trial continues.
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