Guilty Verdict in Wife's Murder | Leeds News

Leeds News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 8, 2026 · 1m

A jury delivers a devastating verdict: Michael Thompson is guilty of raping and murdering his estranged wife, Kimberley, after a harrowing six-week trial exposing years of abuse, a staged suicide scene, and his desperate attempts to frame it as self-inflicted. Despite living separately for two years, Thompson attacked Kimberley in her bedroom, then meticulously altered the scene and called emergency services — a chilling act of deception that unraveled when her loved ones refused to believe she’d take her own life. Convicted also on two counts of perverting justice for his cover-up…