Mark ‘Bomber’ Thompson defaults on mortgage and risks losing $1.75million Port Melbourne home

Mark ‘Bomber’ Thompson could be kicked out of the swanky house he once shared with a convicted drug trafficker after defaulting on his mortgage.

The former Essendon star could lose his property on Rouse Street in Port Melbourne, as he still owes $1.185 million to the National Australia Bank.

NAB began legal action in the Victorian Supreme Court to repossess his property and sell it to recover the remainder of the mortgage.

Thompson for a time during his downward spiral shared the converted warehouse with convicted drug trafficker Thomas Windsor.

The former Essendon star could lose his property at 217 Rouse St, Port Melbourne, as he still owes $1.185million to the National Australia Bank

The property was raided by police in January 2018 and Thompson was convicted of drug possession in July 2019. 

Thompson bought the four-bedroom warehouse for $1.75 million in 2010.

A statement of claim filed to court explained Thompson borrowed $1.4 million from the bank as a mortgage. 

‘As at 16 August 2021 the defendant had failed to make payments in accordance with the terms of the agreement and the mortgage and was in arrears by the amount of $71,677.43,’ it read. 

The NAB issued Thompson a default notice for $71,677.43 and demanded he pay it by September 27, 2021, the Herald Sun reported. 

When Thompson failed to pay up, NAB ordered him to pay $1,160,800.38 ‘comprised of the total amount owing on the agreement and $521.48 in relation to enforcement expenses plus interest, costs, charges and expenses’.

NAB warned if he did not pay the amount within seven days it would begin the process to repossess the house. 

The bank asked the court to either give it possession of the house or issue and order for Thompson to pay $1,185,590, plus interest.

The converted warehouse was listed for expressions of interest in October before it went to auction in April and passed in at $3.4 million.

Thompson had shared the converted warehouse with convicted drug trafficker Thomas Windsor

The property was raided by police in January 2018 and Thompson was convicted of drug possession in July 2019

Thompson described his 2018 arrest as a ‘relief’ in ‘some ways’.

‘I’ve never had so many people make contact and wish me all the best and offer help in any way,’ he said.

Thompson now runs a family electrical business out of a factory in Airport West with his boys Michael and Daniel and his nephews Jaryd and Jacob. 

At the end of the warehouse, Thompson devotes his time to making bespoke, high-quality dining tables.

In his spare time he works with the under-18s at Airport West, the club where he started before he was recruited to Windy Hill. After all the turmoil and chaos, he has found a sense of peace – and redemption.

‘You’ve got to leave [AFL footy at some time, and I didn’t leave in the best circumstances, but you know what, it gave me the chance to move on and do other things and find out a bit about the world, and be close to my family,’ he said.

‘I make better choices now, and I understand what’s happened.’

A Statement of Claim filed to court says Thompson borrowed $1.4million from the bank