Jeremy Kyle guest said show’s makers ‘responsible for what happens now’

Steve Dymond, from Portsmouth, is believed to have killed himself seven days after filming for the ITV present in Could 2019.

He had taken a lie detector take a look at for the programme after being accused of dishonest on Jane Callaghan, from Gosport, who wiped her eyes with a tissue whereas giving proof to the inquest on Tuesday.

Winchester Coroner’s Court docket heard that Mr Dymond died at his residence of a mix of morphine overdose and left ventricular hypertrophy in his coronary heart.

On Could 6 2019, Mr Dymond despatched a WhatsApp to Ms Callaghan saying: “This would be the final time I say it, I used to be by no means, by no means ever untrue to you, in on a regular basis we had been collectively.

“I hope The Jeremy Kyle Present is so completely satisfied now, as to what they’ve performed to me.

“I did lie about my previous, however not about me being a cheat, I by no means ever did cheat on you.

“They’re liable for what occurs now, I hope this makes good scores for them, I guess they hold this quiet.

“By no means did I cheat on you, by no means, by no means. My ultimate phrases. I did attempt to clarify to you, however you wouldn’t hear.”

Extracts from a word he left for Ms Callaghan had been learn out in court docket by which Mr Dymond mentioned: “I pushed and pushed for the Jeremy Kyle Present to show to Jane I by no means ever did (cheat on her). Nevertheless it all went improper.

“I failed as a result of I lied about my previous. Now I’ve misplaced you perpetually.”

Ms Callaghan mentioned Jeremy Kyle was “a bit impolite” to Mr Dymond when he appeared on the present.

Requested if she had any issues over Mr Kyle’s behaviour, she informed the inquest: “Jeremy was a bit impolite to Steve… about ‘didn’t belief him with a chocolate button’ and this was earlier than the outcomes. So yeah, he didn’t know Steve, didn’t know nothing about him, so it was a bit horrible.”

The court docket heard that Mr Dymond requested to talk with Ms Callaghan instantly after the present whereas they had been nonetheless on the studio.

“He was simply saying, begging me, saying it was improper, it’s not proper, it’s not the reality, it’s improper, it’s improper,” Ms Callaghan mentioned.

She added that the pair left the studio individually and that Mr Dymond later continued to protest his innocence. She mentioned: “He simply stored saying that it was improper, the lie detector was improper.

“He was talking to his brother on his cellphone and he simply stored saying ‘it’s all improper, it’s all improper’, after which he simply left.

“I wasn’t speaking with him actually. After that I simply wished him out of my life.”

She mentioned she remembered Mr Kyle saying to her that successfully she was higher off with out Mr Dymond when questioned by Maya Sikand KC, representing Mr Dymond’s son and brother.

Ms Callaghan informed the court docket that the pair met on a relationship website in Could 2017, broke up in February 2019, after which rekindled their relationship in the direction of the tip of March that 12 months.

She mentioned their plan from March 31 2019 was to get on The Jeremy Kyle Present so Mr Dymond may do a lie detector take a look at and show he had not cheated in order that the couple may transfer ahead with their relationship.

She informed the inquest she initially believed the lie detector take a look at was 100% dependable and correct however later modified her thoughts.

Ms Callaghan agreed that she informed a producer from The Jeremy Kyle Present that the presenter had been “nice” the day after showing on the ITV programme, the inquest heard.

Neil Sheldon KC, for Mr Kyle, urged there was “not a single message” to her, from what Ms Callaghan may recall, by which Mr Dymond “complains about the best way by which he was spoken to or handled by Mr Kyle”, and he or she agreed.

The inquest heard earlier on Tuesday that Mr Dymond informed his son, Carl Woolley, that Mr Kyle had “egged on” the viewers to “boo him”.

He mentioned his father informed him that the “lie detector had solid him as a liar, he mentioned to me he wasn’t mendacity. He was telling the reality, he was not mendacity… and asking why it mentioned he had lied”.

He added that his father “was very upset, saying he was being known as a liar, everybody had jumped on him, (he was) not with it in any respect”.

Requested by counsel to the inquest Rachel Spearing who had “jumped on him”, Mr Woolley replied: “Jeremy Kyle had bought the gang to egg on, to boo at him and stuff, he was solid because the liar earlier than he had even spoken.”

Representatives for Mr Kyle mentioned he denies asking the gang to boo Mr Dymond.

Coroner Jason Pegg informed the listening to that the aim of the inquest was to not “apportion civil or legal legal responsibility” to any particular person concerned.

The listening to continues on Wednesday.

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