No 'casual link' between Jeremy Kyle Show and Steve Dymond death, inquest rules
dailyrecord.co.ukAn inquest into the death of a man who appeared on the Jeremy Kyle Show before dying of an overdose concluded today. Coroner Jason Pegg said there is “no causal link” between the appearance of Steve Dymond on the show and his death.Pegg said: “There is insufficient evidence for me to be satisfied that this was the direct cause of Steve’s death.” Mr Dymond, 63, from Portsmouth in Hampshire, is believed to have taken his own life seven days after filming for the ITV show in May 2019.The Winchester inquest heard how Mr Dymond was "booed" by the audience during the filming after a lie detector test suggested he'd lied when he said he hadn't cheated on partner Jane Callaghan.
As reported by the Mirror, the inquest was also told after filming finished, Mr Dymond had told a researcher: "I wish I was dead."Presenter Jeremy Kyle defended his presenting style during his evidence at the inquest, saying "it was direct, but it was empathetic, it was honest".
Mr Kyle told Winchester Coroner's Court clips from the programme featuring the case of Mr Dymond and his partner, Jane Callaghan, showed he had "de-escalated...
calmed it down".He also denied encouraging the audience to take against Mr Dymond, telling the inquest: "Not at all I asked them to give them a round of applause." The court was shown a number of clips from the show, including Mr Kyle telling Mr Dymond: "Be a man, grow a pair of balls and tell her the goddam truth."Another featured the presenter asking "Has anyone got a shovel?" as Mr Dymond attempted to explain why he had been messaging another woman.
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