[ad_1]
The shocking scope of Jeremy Kyle’s public assault on a depressed man found dead days after a ‘humiliating’ appearance on his show has first surfaced in a forensic ruling seen by MailOnline.
The controversial TV host told Stephen Dymond that “I would not trust him with a chocolate button” and added “Does anyone have a shovel?” said Hampshire Coroner Jason Pegg, who has seen the full tape of the unaired show with Mr. Dymond.
Seven days after the ITV episode of Jeremy Kyle Show was taped last year, Dymond, 63, died of a morphine overdose and a heart problem in an apparent suicide.
MailOnline has now seen the full condemnatory text of Pegg’s ruling from a hearing last Friday in which he made Kyle a ‘person of concern’ in the upcoming inquest because his acts or omissions ‘may have caused or contributed to’ the death of Dymond.
Steven Dymond (left), 63, is said to have been left in tears and feeling suicidal after filming for Jeremy Kyle with his on-and-off girlfriend Jane Callaghan (right, with Mr. Dymond)
Hampshire Coroner Jason Pegg said he had decided to make the presenter (pictured) an ‘interested person’ under the coroner’s rules in the Steve Dymond case.
But in a section of the ruling that was only distributed to interested parties, the coroner wrote: ‘I had the opportunity to watch the episode of’ Jeremy Kyle Show ‘with the deceased.
In that footage, it is clear that Jeremy Kyle knew that the deceased had previously been unable to appear on the ‘Jeremy Kyle Show’ because he had been diagnosed with depression for which antidepressant medication had been prescribed to the deceased.
After the lie detector results, the deceased appeared visibly upset. Jeremy Kyle took an approach in which he called the deceased a “serial liar”; that “I would not trust him with a chocolate button”; and made a comment, ‘does anyone have a shovel?’
Carl Woolley, son of the deceased, says in his statement that his father had stated shortly after the filming of the episode that, “He had been humiliated, taken by a cup and attacked by the presenter (Kyle).”
‘The next day the deceased told his son that he had made him the bad guy and that Jeremy Kyle was constantly on top of him.’ He felt ashamed and it felt like nothing. ‘
Leslie Dymond, brother of the deceased, says in his statement that the deceased called him while he was in a taxi immediately after filming the episode.
During that conversation, the deceased told his brother: ‘He had endured a terrible moment and could not continue living.’
In later conversations, Leslie Dymond recalls her brother saying: ‘Jeremy Kyle had confronted him and followed him when he left the stage. . The host (Kyle) booed him and called it a failure. ‘
The coroner added that it would be “ridiculous” if Kyle did not give “his opinion” in a future investigation.
Bulldozer driver Mr. Dymond of Portsmouth failed a lie detector test on the show when asked if he had cheated on his fiancee Jane Callaghan.
He had been initially declared unfit to appear on the show due to his depression, but after a visit to his GP on April 29, 2019, he received a letter to tell him that he was fit to appear.
Following his appearance when he was booed and booed offstage, a production staff member in an eyewitness statement said that Mr. Dymond was crying and had said he ‘wished he was dead’ before leaving the studio.
When he returned home, he told his landlady that he had considered jumping out of the taxi to take him back to Portsmouth.
Steve Dymond (pictured) took his own life after appearing on Jeremy Kyle’s show where he failed the ‘lie detector test’
Mr. Dymond’s family welcomed the decision to make Kyle a “stakeholder” at last week’s hearing in Winchester.
In a statement from their attorney they said: ‘Having acknowledged in July that Jeremy Kyle himself should be a stakeholder, today’s confirmation of how Steve came to appear on Jeremy Kyle’s show, how he was treated and the aftercare provided being part of the coroner’s investigation gives us real confidence that Steve’s death will be investigated thoroughly and without fear.
Pegg’s ruling was dated July 2020 and was intended to be read at a hearing at the time that was suspended due to technical issues and Covid.
The full investigation, due to be heard next spring or summer, will have serious implications for the 55-year-old Kyle’s stagnant career, as his show was canceled shortly after Dymond’s death in May 2019.
ITV has supported Kyle and within three months it was reported that he had been working on a pilot for another daytime television show, but on a different schedule.
Dymond’s death added to the growing scrutiny of the duty of care reality shows have towards contestants, just a month after the death of former Love Island contestant Mike Thalassitis.
Sophie Gradon, another Love Island contestant, took her own life in the summer of the previous year.
The media watchdog Ofcom recently conducted a consultation on the well-being of radio and television program participants and plans to release a statement later this year.
For confidential assistance, call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here for details.
