{"id":8737,"date":"2026-07-14T11:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rapist-who-murdered-estranged-wife-and-claimed-it-was-suicide-jailed-for-life\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:43:24","slug":"rapist-who-murdered-estranged-wife-and-claimed-it-was-suicide-jailed-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rapist-who-murdered-estranged-wife-and-claimed-it-was-suicide-jailed-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapist who murdered estranged wife and claimed it was suicide jailed for life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_feca84\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Michael Thompson subjected Kimberley Thompson to years of domestic abuse before suffocating her at their home in Northampton &#8211; this is a breaking story<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37429088\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kimberley Thompson was separated from her husband, Michael Thompson\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37429088.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Michael-Thompson-court-case.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37429088.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Michael-Thompson-court-case.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37429088.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Michael-Thompson-court-case.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37429088.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Michael-Thompson-court-case.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Kimberley Thompson was separated from her husband, Michael Thompson\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Kimberley Thompson was separated from her husband, Michael Thompson<cite aria-label=\"Image: Northamptonshire Police\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Northamptonshire Police\/PA Wire)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man who raped and murdered his estranged wife and attempted to make her death look like suicide has been jailed for life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Michael Thompson, 56, subjected Kimberley Thompson to years of domestic abuse, including controlling, coercive behaviour, and physical violence and made hundreds of hours of recordings of her before he suffocated her at their Northampton home in the early hours of August 9 last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Thompson, of Pinewood Road, Northampton, refused to enter the courtroom for his sentencing today at Nottingham Crown Court. 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