Overview
- Prosecutors say Michael Thompson raped and killed his wife Kimberley and then tried to hide the crime; he faces charges of murder, rape and two counts of perverting the course of justice.
- The Crown alleges Kimberley died in the early hours of 9 August 2025 and that the defendant made posts and arranged a scene to make her death look like suicide.
- Police recovered hundreds of hours of recordings saved or edited by the defendant that run from 27 March 2024 through 7 August 2025, which prosecutors have presented to the jury as contemporaneous evidence.
- Jurors heard claims that Thompson monitored Kimberley by accessing her devices, hiding recording phones in her car and house, planting trackers and searching her bins to spy on her.
- The trial at Nottingham Crown Court is ongoing, the defendant denies all charges, and the case highlights how digital surveillance and allegations of coercive control are being used in prosecutions of domestic abuse and homicide.