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Kim Thompson retracted statement made to domestic abuse centre about ‘abusive’ husband

The ongoing murder trial heard yesterday that more than a decade before her death Kim Thompson had referred herself to a Northampton domestic abuse centre

NN Journal
Jun 24, 2026
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By Sarah Ward

Kim Thompson’s husband Michael Thompson is on trial for her murder. Instagram image.

Kimberley Thompson referred herself to a Northampton domestic abuse centre a decade before she was killed, but then retracted her statement, her murder trial heard yesterday (June 23).

In 2013 the mother-of-two had made a self referral to the Sunflower Centre in Northampton, telling a staff member she was being emotionally and physically abused by her husband and he had made threats against her which she was taking seriously.

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