A UNIVERSITY worker who killed his wife and then himself in a suspected murder-suicide was obsessed with the size of his small penis, an inquest heard today.

Thomas Kemp, 32, was found covered in blood on August 6 last year after apparently falling 25ft from his second floor flat in Ipswich.

Suffolk area coroner Jacqueline Devonish said he also had “laceration” injuries.

Police forced entry to his flat where they found the body of his wife Katherine, 31, in a “pool of blood”.

Mrs Devonish said Mrs Kemp, a cruise company worker, had defensive injuries to her hands and “significant stab wounds to the chest” including to the heart and lungs.

Mrs Kemp suffered 28 knife wounds, the inquest in Ipswich heard today.

The married couple were both pronounced dead shortly after 9.30am on August 6 last year.

Dr Michael McCullagh, senior partner at the GP surgery where the couple were both registered, said Mr Kemp first presented with mental health issues in 2016.

He said Mr Kemp was urgently referred to mental health services in 2017 after he threw himself on the floor of the surgery during an appointment.

Mr Kemp said he felt it was "not worth being alive" and started to "strangulate himself with his tie".

Mental health worker Chantal Eoche-Duval said she assessed Mr Kemp after the "meltdown" and said he told her he was "conscious about the size of his genitalia" and had been on the "receiving end of jokes and digs about it".

He told her he felt that people at work made comments about his size and he had seen escorts for reassurance, she said.

'HIGH LEVEL OF ANXIETY'

Psychiatric nurse Julie Murphy said in a separate assessment in July 2018 Mr Kemp told her he also had sex with escorts and felt "guilty" about this.

"He went on to say he had told his wife about his use of escorts," she said.

"However, it was unclear if he had told her the full truth that he had used them for sex or just that it was to reassure him."

She said he appeared to be suffering from a "high level of anxiety".

"He did fear he would lose his relationship with his wife should she become aware of the full extent of his use of escorts," Ms Murphy said.

In a statement she said he’d admitted becoming concerned his penis was too small as a teenager.

He told her he had sewn a sock between two pairs of underpants to wear as “a piece” to make it look like his penis was bigger when he was younger.

His father John Kemp said in a statement his son "thought the world of Katherine".

"He idolised her," he said. "They were so in love with each other."

His mother Marian Mitchell said Mr Kemp was "besotted" with his wife, adding: "I cannot believe he would hurt her."

"It was horrible thinking they had both gone and Tom had been the reason," she said.

Mr Kemp worked as a course administrator at the University of Suffolk.

Suffolk Police said at the time of the incident that Mrs Kemp's death was being treated as murder and Mr Kemp's death was being treated as not suspicious.

The force said it was not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

The inquest continues.

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