Coroner concludes ‘no clear link’ between The Jeremy Kyle Show and guest’s death

Steve Dymond was found dead a week after appearing on the show

The guest, Steve Dymond, 63 was found dead at home in Portsmouth, Hampshire, back in May 2019, just seven days after appearing on the infamous show.

The coroner, Jason Pegg, said there was "an absence of reliable evidence" to be able to link the events on the show to his 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 Jeremy Kyle Show and resulted in Steve Dymond self-harming or displaying thoughts of suicide."

Upon appearing on the show Mr Dymond underwent a lie detector test after being accused of cheating on his ex-fiancée Jane Callaghan.

A coroner found he had died of a combination of a morphine overdose and a heart condition.