Steve Dymond: who was guest who killed himself after Jeremy Kyle show appearance - what happened on episode?

The Jeremy Kyle Show was axed in 2019 after a guest on the show took their own life
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The Jeremy Kyle Show was a popular and controversial daytime show which aired on ITV from 2005 until 2019.

The show pitted feuding family members, partners, and former friends against each other in a bid to settle disputes, and resolve questions of paternity.

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The programme used polygraph, (lie detector) tests, often to determine such things as whether a partner had been unfaithful or if one guest had stolen money from another.

However, there is no strong consensus as to the accuracy of polygraph tests, and their use on the show had been criticised.

In May 2019, the programme was cancelled after a man who appeared on the show took his own life just a week after his episode was filmed.

A new two- part documentary Jeremy Kyle: Death on Daytime, takes another look at the scandal and will air on Channel 4 on 13 and 14 March.

Who was the Jeremy Kyle Show guest who killed himself?

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Steve Dymond was a guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show which was filmed in May 2019.

At the time of his appearance on the show he was engaged to 51-year-old, Jane Callaghan.

Police found Mr Dymond, 63, dead at his Portsmouth flat on 9 May, and the death was suspected to be a suicide.

Coroner Jason Pegg, who watched the unaired episode featuring Mr Dymond, stated that Kyle may have “caused or contributed” to Dymond’s suicide.

What happened on Steve Dymond’s episode?

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Mr Dymond went on the show with the hope of proving to his fiancée that he had not cheated on her, as she suspected.

However, things didn’t go to plan, as Mr Dymond was told he had failed the lie detector test.

After the results of the polygraph test were announced, Mr Dymond was booed and jeered by the audience, while Kyle berated him.

Kyle called Mr Dymond a “serial liar”, and said that he “wouldn’t trust him with a chocolate button.”

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The coroner also revealed that Kyle knew that Mr Dymond had previously been unable to appear on the show as he had been diagnosed with depression and was on anti-depressant medication.

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Jeremy Kyle’s morning show was axed in May 2019

Have other Jeremy Kyle Show guests taken their own lives?

Erica Pawson, aged 33 at the time, filmed an episode of the show in 2005, during its first year, alongside her husband, Paul.

Ms Pawson reportedly went on the show with the hope of becoming famous, although the show never made it to air.

During the episode, Paul was advised by Kyle to leave his wife and 18-year-old daughter, which he then did.

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Tragically, Erica took her own life by an overdose just six days after the episode was filmed.

Additionally, Paul McCarthy, aged 31, took his own life in 2014, three months after appearing on the programme.

Another person connected to the show that took their own life was producer Natasha Reddican.

She killer herself nine months after the show was cancelled and was found by her boyfriend at her Greater Manchester home.

Where can I watch Jeremy Kyle: Death on Daytime?

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The first episode of the programme will air on Channel 4 at 9pm on Sunday 13 March.

Episode two will air at 9pm on Monday 14 March.

Both episodes will be available to watch on streaming service All 4 shortly after broadcast.

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