Jeremy Kyle Show inquest latest: Hearing into guest’s suspected suicide held as son gives evidence

Steve Dymond’s son, Carl Woolley, told the inquest his father had been “very upset” after the recording of The Jeremy Kyle Show.

He said they had not been in recent contact before his uncle Leslie Dymond rang to say his father was “very down”.

Mr Woolley said he phoned his father who told him that Jeremy Kyle had “egged on” the audience to “boo him” and that he was “cast as the liar”.

Mr Woolley said his father told him that the “lie detector had cast him as a liar, he said to me he wasn’t lying”.

“He was telling the truth, he was not lying and telling the truth and asking why it said he had lied.”

He added that his father “was very upset saying he was being called a liar, everyone had jumped on him, (he was) not with it at all”.

When asked by counsel to the inquest Rachel Spearing who had “jumped on him”, Mr Woolley replied: “Jeremy Kyle had got the crowd to egg on, to boo at him and stuff, he was cast as the liar before he had even spoken.”

The inquest heard a “pen portrait” of Steve Dymond written by his brother, Leslie Dymond, in which he described him as a “brave” man.

In the pen portrait, read aloud by counsel at the coroner’s court, Leslie told of how his brother joined the RNLI when he was young.

“Stephen was dedicated to the RNLI. He would never miss training,” he said.

Leslie described how his brother did “many gruelling tasks” for the institution to rescue people when they got into trouble at sea.

“It was not an easy job… but Stephen showed up every single time,” he said.

“He was so dedicated to his role.”

Leslie said there were times when his brother would be delayed returning to shore from a rescue because the sea was too rough.

“It was a dangerous job. They were very brave men and Stephen was one of them.”

Rachel Spearing, counsel to the inquest, told the hearing a post-mortem examination found a “potentially fatal level” of morphine in Steve Dymond’s blood.

It also found evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy in his heart.

Ms Spearing said: “The conclusion was that both left ventricular hypertrophy and morphine levels are independently capable of causing Mr Dymond’s death but in this case a combination of the two factors had led to his death.”

Rachel Spearing, counsel to the inquest, told the court the proceedings will look into the events between 14 March and 9 May 2019 leading up to Steve Dymond’s death.

The inquest will hear evidence in relation to Mr Dymond’s interactions with his GP, assessment of his participation on The Jeremy Kyle Show and the aftercare provided after the programme, she said.

She added that the inquest will hear about Mr Dymond’s “reaction to the lie detector test”, which he took on the ITV show.

The inquest of Steve Dymond, a guest on the Jeremy Kyle Show, has heard he died of an overdose of morphine and a heart problem.

Resuming the hearing at Winchester Coroner’s Court, coroner Jason Pegg said the 63-year-old was found dead at his home in Grafton Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, on May 9 2019.

Mr Pegg told the hearing: “At the heart of this inquest is the family of Steve Dymond.”

He added that the purpose of the hearing was not to “apportion civil or criminal liability” to any person involved.