A Coroner has ruled that there is “no causal link” between the appearance of Steve Dymond on The Jeremy Kyle Show and his death.
Jason Pegg announced the ruling at a Winchester inquest on Tuesday.
Ruling out Steve Dymond’s treatment by The Jeremy Kyle Show as a contributory factor to his death, Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg said: “There is insufficient evidence for me to be satisfied that this was the direct cause of Steve’s death.”
Coroner Jason Pegg gave a conclusion of “suicide” at the inquest of Steve Dymond saying he was suffering from “mental distress” at the belief that his relationship had “irretrievably broken down”.
He said: “The deceased’s decision to take his own life was made in the context of his mental distress that was probably exacerbated by his belief that a significant relationship had now irretrievably broken down following his participation on a television programme where it had been suggested that the deceased had lied to his partner.”
He added that Mr Dymond had left notes for this family and said: “There is nothing in those notes where Mr Dymond is critical of his treatment by the show.”
Dymond from Portsmouth, Hampshire, is believed to have taken his own life seven days after filming for the ITV show in May 2019.
The Winchester inquest heard he was “booed” by the audience during the filming after a lie detector test suggested he had been lying about having not cheated on his partner Jane Callaghan.
The inquest was also told that after filming had finished, Mr Dymond had told a researcher: “I wish I was dead.”
