No single cause of Jeremy Kyle guest death, coroner says

A impermanent connected The Jeremy Kyle Show died aft experiencing stresses successful his narration and mediocre intelligence health, a coroner has said.

Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg said the amusement was a "possible" origin but not the "probable" origin of Steve Dymond's termination successful May 2019.

Mr Dymond, 63, from Gosport, Hampshire, was recovered dormant a week aft being accused of lying by the presenter during filming for the erstwhile ITV speech show.

In a statement, Mr Kyle said helium had been "exonerated" and his sanction had "finally been cleared".

Mr Dymond, who had a past of termination attempts, had hoped that taking a prevarication detector trial connected the amusement would beryllium helium had not cheated connected his spouse Jane Callaghan, the inquest successful Winchester antecedently heard.

In recorded footage shown astatine the inquest, Mr Kyle told the impermanent to "grow a pair" and "I wouldn't spot you with a cocoa button".

In a cardinal clip, Ms Callaghan sobbed and shouted erstwhile the results of a prevarication detector trial were revealed.

Mr Kyle told Mr Dymond: "Just truthful you're alert you failed each azygous question."

The operation idiosyncratic was filmed tearfully pleading: "I curse to God, I americium being truthful straight... I person not been unfaithful to her."

The inquest was told failing 1 question meant failing each of them, according to the head of Mr Dymond's polygraph test.

Giving grounds to the inquest, the TV presenter denied "humiliating" Mr Dymond.

Mr Kyle said: "From the infinitesimal Steve Dymond came out, I called him 'mate', I called him 'pal'.

"I de-escalated, I calmed it down, I pushed it backstage.

"And that was what the amusement was each astir - struggle resolution."

Recording a decision of suicide, the coroner said Mr Dymond died from the combined effect of an overdose and a bosom condition, successful a rented country successful Portsmouth.

He concluded: "There is an lack of reliable grounds that demonstrates that Steve Dymond’s quality connected The Jeremy Kyle Show astir apt caused oregon contributed to his death.

"Steve Dymond's information successful the amusement is 1 of a fig of factors, and whilst it is imaginable that the mode of his acquisition added to his distress, it is not probable."

The coroner said it was not imaginable to independently measure the interaction of the recording, adding: "It would beryllium unsafe to infer these links successful the lack of a wide and reliable causal connection."

Mr Dymond's son, Carl Woolley, said the "only bully thing" that had travel from his father's decease was that the Jeremy Kyle Show was cancelled.

In a connection work extracurricular the inquest by 1 of the family's solicitors, Mr Woolley said: "It has been 5 years since my begetter died.

"In my presumption anyone watching the clips of the amusement would spot that helium was successful tears, and spoken to successful the astir brutal mode by Jeremy Kyle.

"The coroner has recorded that the prevarication detector test, successful which Jeremy Kyle believes successful truthful strongly, tin person an accuracy of 60-96%."

In Jeremy Kyle's statement, a spokesperson said: "His Majesty’s Coroner has contiguous intelligibly and unequivocally recovered that Jeremy Kyle did not successful immoderate mode origin oregon lend to the tragic termination of Steve Dymond.

"He is present exonerated of that ill-informed accusation and his sanction has yet been cleared.

"Out of respect for the household of Mr Dymond and the judicial process, Jeremy has ever maintained that it would beryllium inappropriate to sermon details whilst the ineligible inquest was ongoing and helium has remained steadfastly soundless successful the look of lies, mendacious accusations and unfair disapproval implicit the past 5 and a fractional years.

"This has taken a immense toll connected him and his household and helium would similar to convey everyone who has genuinely supported him done these pugnacious times."

ITV said the coroner had highlighted the show's "comprehensive" processes for selecting and caring for guests, including an connection of counselling to Mr Dymond.

In a statement, the broadcaster said: "ITV is committed to continuing to germinate and fortify the attraction fixed to each those who instrumentality portion successful our shows which we judge acceptable industry-leading standards."