Jeremy Kyle has stated ‘false accusations’ towards him have taken ‘an enormous toll’ after a coroner dominated there was ‘no causal hyperlink’ between the looks of a visitor on his present and his loss of life.
Ex-RNLI volunteer Steve Dymond appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Present on Could 2, 2019, to attempt to show to his on-off companion Jane Callaghan, then 48, that he did not cheat on her.
The 63-year-old, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, failed a lie detector take a look at and was discovered lifeless seven days later within the £100-a-week room he rented, having overdosed on morphine.
Coroner Jason Pegg instructed the inquest: ‘Having thought of the proof fastidiously, there’s an absence of dependable proof that demonstrates that Steve’s look on The Jeremy Kyle Present in all probability induced or contributed to his loss of life.’
Kyle has since responded in an announcement, saying his identify has ‘lastly been cleared’ after he remained ‘steadfastly silent within the face of lies, false accusations and unfair criticism during the last 5 1/2 years’.
Steve Dymond, pictured together with his companion Jane Callaghan proper, died of a suspected suicide seven days after happening the present
Jeremy Kyle has launched this assertion, saying his ‘identify has lastly been cleared’
The 63-year-old went on the present to attempt to show he wasn’t dishonest on fiancée Jane Callaghan (pictured)
Jeremy Kyle was seen leaving the inquest in Winchester on September 5 after giving proof
The Winchester inquest beforehand heard how Mr Dymond was ‘booed’ by the viewers in the course of the filming after the take a look at instructed he had been mendacity about having not cheated on his companion.
He was additionally slammed by on digital camera by presenter Kyle, who stated: ‘Develop a pair of balls and inform her the God-damn fact.’ The presenter later argued he has an ’empathetic’ on-air type.
Dismissing The Jeremy Kyle Present as a ‘direct explanation for Mr Dymond’s misery’, coroner Pegg stated: ‘I’m not happy that occasions on The Jeremy Kyle Present gave rise to a transparent hyperlink that induced or contributed to the loss of life of Steve such that I must be recording this as a contributing issue.
‘These accounts should not supported with any impartial knowledgeable proof to guage the influence of his therapy on the present.
‘It could be unsafe to deduce these hyperlinks within the absence of a transparent and dependable causal connection.
‘Steve Dymond’s participation within the present is one among quite a lot of elements, and while doable that the way expertise added to his misery it isn’t possible.
‘The load which might be connected to those accounts have to be balanced with the opposite proof obtainable within the aftermath of the present together with Steve Dymond’s personal reliability, the proof from witnesses and the push recordings.
‘Aftercare information point out Steve Dymond was ’emotionally contained’ and expressed no dissatisfaction in the direction of his therapy in the course of the recording with a plan for follow-up CBT help.’
He went on to say: ‘Steve had a historical past of a identified persona dysfunction and psychological sickness which introduced on quite a lot of events earlier than any look on The Jeremy Kyle Present.
‘The deceased’s choice to take his personal life was made within the context of his psychological misery that was in all probability exacerbated by his perception {that a} vital relationship had now irretrievably damaged down following his participation on a tv programme the place it had been instructed that the deceased had lied to his companion.’
He added that Mr Dymond had left notes for his household and stated: ‘There may be nothing in these notes the place Mr Dymond is crucial of his therapy by the present.’
The unaired clip of Mr Dymond on the present was performed on the inquest
Mr Dymond, 63, died at his dwelling from a mixture of morphine overdose and left ventricular hypertrophy in his coronary heart
Kyle instructed Mr Dymond to ‘develop a pair of balls and inform her the God-damn fact’, the inquest heard (inventory photograph)
He seems visibly upset in the course of the present
Kyle gave proof on the inquest, claiming he had an ’empathetic’ strategy to Mr Dymond
Relating to the lie detector take a look at Mr Dymond used on the present, coroner Pegg stated there’s ‘inadequate proof’ to conclude whether or not or not the 63-year-old lied.
Mr Pegg instructed the inquest: ‘The lie detector take a look at recorded that Steve had offered an untruthful response to all questions requested of him.
‘The knowledgeable proof throughout the recording famous {that a} failure to at least one query might lead to failure of all of them. There may be inadequate proof for me to be happy whether or not or not Steve had certainly lied in the course of the lie detector take a look at.’
He stated it was recognised by Jon Millership, a senior producer on the Jeremy Kyle present, that the accuracy of a lie detector take a look at was ‘between 60-96%’.
‘It’s accepted that the lie detector take a look at can’t be thought of to be wholly correct.’
Kyle’s full assertion reads: ‘His Majesty’s Coroner has right this moment clearly and unequivocally discovered that Jeremy Kyle didn’t in any approach trigger or contribute to the tragic suicide of Steve Dymond. He’s now exonerated of that ill-informed accusation and his identify has lastly been cleared.
‘Out of respect for the household of Mr Dymond and the judicial course of, Jeremy has at all times maintained that it will be inappropriate to debate particulars while the authorized inquest was ongoing and he has remained steadfastly silent within the face of lies, false accusations and unfair criticism during the last 5 1/2 years.
‘This has taken an enormous toll on him and his household and he want to thank everybody who has really supported him by means of these powerful instances.’
Dismissing The Jeremy Kyle Present as a ‘direct explanation for Steve Dymond’s misery’, coroner Jason Pegg stated: ‘These accounts should not supported with any impartial knowledgeable proof to guage the influence of his therapy on the present.
‘It could be unsafe to deduce these hyperlinks within the absence of a transparent and dependable causal connection.
‘Steve Dymond’s participation within the present is one among quite a lot of elements, and while doable that the way expertise added to his misery it isn’t possible.
‘The load which might be connected to those accounts have to be balanced with the opposite proof obtainable within the aftermath of the present together with Steve Dymond’s personal reliability, the proof from witnesses and the push recordings.
‘Aftercare information point out Steve Dymond was ’emotionally contained’ and expressed no dissatisfaction in the direction of his therapy in the course of the recording with a plan for follow-up CBT help.’
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