Michael Thompson: Court hears defendant hysterically crying and being sick while making 999 call
The court heard the 999 call when a murder-accused defendant told the emergency services he had discovered his ex-partner’s body, when he could be heard hysterically crying and being sick.
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 last Thursday (May 21) ahead of the prosecution opening on May 26.
The first piece of evidence called on by the prosecution following the conclusion of the opening was the 999 call that Thompson made to the emergency services at 5.39am on August 9, 2025.
The defendant was crying from the outset, saying “please quick, get an ambulance”, the court heard. He explained that he could not wake her up and did not know if she was breathing. He could not see any movement.
The operator was encouraging Thompson to calm down, after which he said he had “seen [Kim] in bed with tablets and vodka” and requested help.
Thompson said she looked unconscious and, once again, that he could not wake her up. When asked if she was breathing in and out, he said he did not know. There was repetition of the phrase “oh my gosh”.
The defendant asked the operator if he should move the cars off the drive in preparation for the arrival of the ambulance, and he was told to “deal with the patient”.
Thompson was told to lay Kim on her back on the floor and kneel by her side. Thompson began by counting and this was taken over by the operator as he was hysterically crying.
The court heard the defendant audibly being sick on the 999 call recording and the operator calmly asked that once he had stopped being sick, to continue compressions on Kim. Soon after, at 5.49am, the first responders arrived at the scene.
The trial continues.
Take a look at the Chronicle & Echo’s ongoing coverage of this trial here…