THE suicide of a Jeremy Kyle guest was not linked to his appearance on the TV show, a coroner ruled today.
Steve Dymond, 63, was discovered dead at his home in Portsmouth, Hampshire, a week after filming the ITV show in May 2019.
Steve Dymond died a week after appearing on the showSolent
He had failed a lie detector test after trying to prove he hadn’t cheated on his ex-fiancee Jane Callaghan.
An inquest into his death found there was an “absence of reliable evidence” that the events on the show directly led to his death.
Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg also concluded there was “insufficient evidence” that Kyle contributed to Steve’s adverse mental state.
Ruling a verdict of suicide, he said: “Having considered the evidence carefully there is an absence of reliable evidence that demonstrates that Steven Dymond’s appearance on the Jeremy Kyle Show probably caused or contributed to his death. To do so would be speculative.
“I am not satisfied that events on Jeremy Kyle Show gave rise to a clear link that caused or contributed to the death of Steven Dymond such that I should be recording this as a contributing factor.
“Steven Dymond had a history of a diagnosed personality disorder and mental illness which presented on a number of occasions before any appearance of the Jemery Kyle Show and resulted in Steve Dymond self-harming or displaying thoughts of suicide.”
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