The couple’s daughter, Athena, who appeared via video-link from the US, told the court her father was a “jealous, conniving, narcissistic villain”.
“How could you do such an evil, selfish, malicious thing?
“You couldn’t stand the fact she had so many people who cared about her.
“No amount of years rotting in prison will ever amount to what you deserve, because you deserve no life.
“You are a pathetic, unloved man.
“The day you killed my mother, you killed me too. I feel I will never be happy again.
“A dad is supposed to protect their daughter from pain, instead you caused the worst pain of my life.
“I will not let you defeat me, I will show up for her, my mum, and I will continue to make her proud.”
Jurors were told Thompson was aware his wife had started a new relationship and was planning to move out, and she had requested about £65,000 as part of a divorce settlement.
Prosecutor Miranda Moore KC told the jury posts Kimberley shared on Facebook and Snapchat in the early hours of that morning saying she had “drank too much” raised suspicion among her friends and family because it had a spelling error and was not written in the way she wrote.
Shant said Thompson had made a “concerted attempt to conceal” what he had done, and “set about creating a false scene to fool the police”.
“You were literally trying to get away with murder.
“The evidence makes it clear you pretended to do CPR and you feigned distress on the phone to the emergency services.
“You also took her from her family, friends and colleagues – a woman who was accomplished, valued and loved.
“She adored her children and she adored the fact she was about to start a new life.”
Det Ch Insp Torie Harrison, from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, said Kimberley faced about two decades of domestic abuse.
She paid tribute to her friends and family for “the grace they have shown throughout our investigation and particularly over the last six weeks”.
“The level of abuse Kim was subjected to was horrific, and I want to take this opportunity to say to anyone who may be living a similar life that help is available.”
Emma Cornell, from the Crown Prosecution Service, also said the trial exposed Thompson’s “cowardice and lies” after subjecting Kimberley to “sustained abuse”.
She hoped the sentence would “provide some measure of justice”.
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