TV host Jeremy Kyle is predicted to offer proof at an inquest into the loss of life of Steve Dymond, who died shortly after failing a lie detector take a look at on his present in Could 2019.
The presenter was beforehand made an individual to the inquest by the coroner as a result of “he might have brought on or contributed” to Mr Dymond’s loss of life.
Steve Dymond
The digger driver from Portsmouth died of a morphine overdose and coronary heart drawback seven days after showing on the present. He was discovered useless in his bed room at his residence.
He had taken a lie detector take a look at for the present after being accused of dishonest on his ex-fiancee Jane Callaghan, from Gosport.
The courtroom was instructed Mr Dymond had thought of leaping out of the taxi on his manner residence from filming and felt “life was not price residing”.
Claire Overman, representing Mr Dymond’s brother, Leslie Dymond, and son, Carl Woolley, instructed a preliminary listening to at Winchester that Leslie Dymond stated that his brother had instructed him that the viewers had “booed and hissed” at him.
He had additionally been “adopted off stage by Mr Kyle and two cameramen, one proper subsequent to him when he sat off stage” and had the outcomes of the lie detector take a look at “pushed proper in his face”.
Video proof from the programme, which by no means aired, confirmed Kyle calling Mr Dymond a “serial liar,” however Ms Overman stated claims he had additionally referred to as him a “traitor and a failure” weren’t backed up by footage.
Ms Overman added that Mr Dymond had instructed his brother that he was “extremely pressured”, in tears and on the “level of collapsing”.
She stated his brother additionally stated Mr Dymond had instructed him that he was “utterly damaged” and was “consumed by what occurred on the present” and had talked about contemplating “leaping out of the taxi on the best way residence”.
Ms Overman continued that Mr Dymond’s brother had additionally described him as showing “brainwashed,” and that he believed himself to be “nugatory” and unable to “go on residing”.
Steve Dymond’s funeral at Kingston Cemetery in Portsmouth. Pic. PA
Neil Sheldon KC, representing Mr Kyle, stated that it was a “deceptive and inaccurate account” based mostly on rumour and that footage from the present confirmed the truth of what occurred.
Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg stated that Leslie Dymond had been dominated as medically unfit to attend the complete inquest, however {that a} written assertion will probably be submitted as proof and judged on its reliability.
The inquest will primarily take a look at the circumstances of Mr Dymond’s life between 14 March, 2019, and 9 Could, 2019, taking in his involvement with the ITV present but additionally his private relationships, together with the break down of his relationship with Jane Callaghan.
Mr Pegg stated: “This inquest should concentrate on the loss of life of Steve Dymond, different issues or different systemic points which will or might not have existed on the time in relation to different manufacturing firms or programmes on TV.
“The inquest will concentrate on the processes in place with reference to his choice, his attendance for filming and the after-care in filming, the opposite systemic points are usually not.”
Rachel Spearing, who has been appointed as counsel to the inquest, stated that the coroner had dominated that the case wouldn’t be “a roving inquiry into practices of actuality tv”.
Ms Spearing stated: “The scope will evaluate the deceased’s interplay together with his GP and his acceptance and participation within the Jeremy Kyle Present.
“We will probably be reviewing Mr Dymond’s participation within the present so far as it’s related to his psychological state together with the lie detector and the after-care supplied and that includes the function of the manufacturing firm and ITV.”
She added that Mr Dymond’s historical past of psychological well being points would even be examined.
Jeremy Kyle. Pic: Channel 4/ITV/Shutterstock
As well as, the inquest has been given entry to footage from the 2022 Channel 4 documentary into Mr Dymond’s loss of life, Jeremy Kyle Present: Loss of life on Daytime.
Following Mr Dymond’s loss of life, and the loss of life of different high-profile TV contestants together with former ITV Love Island contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis, media watchdog Ofcom introduced out new guidelines to guard the welfare of individuals on TV and radio.
The brand new requirements have been utilized to all programmes utilizing contributors from most of the people made after 5 April 2021.
Following Mr Dymond’s loss of life, ITV bosses completely cancelled The Jeremy Kyle Present. It had run for 17 sequence and had beforehand been the channel’s hottest daytime providing.
The complete inquest will happen from Tuesday 3 September to Monday 9 September at Winchester Coroner’s Courtroom.
Sky Information has contacted Jeremy Kyle for remark.
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