Hearing on Guest’s Suspected Suicide: Son Testifies

The full inquest into the death of a Jeremy Kyle Show guest who is suspected to have died by suicide after appearing on the now-axed TV show has begun.

Steve Dymond, 63, died of an overdose and heart problem at his home in Portsmouth seven days after filming for the ITV programme in May 2019, a previous preliminary hearing was told.

Mr Dymond’s son, Carl Woolley, is currently giving evidence at the resumption of the inquest at Winchester Coroner’s Court, which is listed to last from Tuesday until 10 September.

Mr Dymond, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, had taken a lie detector test for the show after being accused of cheating on his ex-fiancee Jane Callaghan.

Claire Overman, representing Mr Woolley and Mr Dymond’s brother, Leslie Dymond, told a pre-inquest review that Leslie Dymond said his brother had been “incredibly stressed” after the recording.

Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg previously ruled Jeremy Kyle had called Mr Dymond a “serial liar” and said he “would not trust him with a chocolate button”.