Northampton murder trial: ‘I can’t wake my wife up’
Michael Thompson's 999 call was played to the jury during his estranged wife's murder trial today
By Sarah Ward
The 999 call made by a Northampton man accused of murdering his estranged wife was played before a jury today.
Michael Thompson, 55, is accused of raping and murdering his wife Kimberley at their shared home in Pinewood Road, in the Spinney Hill area of Northampton on August 9 last year and then trying to cover up his crimes with a fake suicide.
In the ongoing murder trial taking place at Nottingham Crown Court, the jury was played the call to emergency services made by Thompson just after 5.30am on the morning of her death.
He was heard saying:
“I can’t wake my wife up. I can’t wake her up.
To which the operator responded: “Is she breathing?
“I don’t know”, he said. “Can you please send an ambulance? I just came down and saw her on the bed with tablets and vodka.”