Allan McManus and Mark Campbell got mixed up 20 yards out, allowing Dennis Wyness to break between them and force Craig Nelson into a save but referee John Rowbotham blew for a foul against Wyness in any case.
Further proof of foul play came when an aide to the judge in the second case stepped down after alleging the judge had been pressured to issue a guilty plea.
But in July, a federal agent who was involved in the firearms case against Thompson said the interior of his house was so cluttered and foul that officials had a hard time searching it for weapons.