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| Jeremy Kyle Show guest told researcher 'I wish I was dead' | |
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| A man who was found dead after taking a lie-detector test on the Jeremy Kyle Show had told a researcher "I wish I was dead", an inquest has heard. | |
| Steven Dymond, 63, was discovered at his home in Portsmouth on 9 May about a week after recording the ITV programme. | |
| Police have previously told the coroner the death was a suspected suicide. | |
| A lawyer representing Mr Dymond's family told a pre-inquest review he had stopped taking anti-depressants in order to take the show's polygraph. | |
| The court was told Mr Dymond was asked questions on the show, which has never been broadcast, about his relationship with on-off fiancee Jane Callaghan. | |
| Barrister Caoilfhionn Gallagher said the construction worker was "exceptionally vulnerable" when he took part in the recording on 2 May. | |
| "After his cruel shaming he did not get the appropriate support from the aftercare team," she told the court. | |
| Ms Gallagher said there was a "very short" 72-hour period between it being suggested Mr Dymond appeared on the show and the actual filming | |
| She said: "For a decision so potentially life-changing, there is no equivalent. There is no cooling off. You are jumped on very quickly." | |
| Ms Gallagher said that following the recording, Mr Dymond was "put in a homeward-bound taxi within two hours of telling a researcher that he was really upset and that 'life was nothing without Jane' and said 'I wish I was dead', or words to that effect". | |
| There was no evidence that Mr Dymond was given welfare checks by any qualified mental health staff, she added. | |
| "We presume this was left to a medically unqualified researcher," she said. | |
| Earlier, the hearing heard ITV has not yet let the family see any material from the recorded show. ITV has since said it will provide footage. | |
| It was also heard the family have been denied legal aid towards his inquest. | It was also heard the family have been denied legal aid towards his inquest. |
| Merry Varney, a solicitor from law firm Leigh Day, which is acting for the family unpaid, said the Legal Aid Agency had wrongly asserted that a parliamentary inquiry into reality TV would look at the death of Mr Dymond. | Merry Varney, a solicitor from law firm Leigh Day, which is acting for the family unpaid, said the Legal Aid Agency had wrongly asserted that a parliamentary inquiry into reality TV would look at the death of Mr Dymond. |
| Mr Dymond's family have appealed against the Legal Aid Agency's decision and are awaiting a response, despite a request for a quick reply, it was heard. | Mr Dymond's family have appealed against the Legal Aid Agency's decision and are awaiting a response, despite a request for a quick reply, it was heard. |
| The MP leading the inquiry into reality TV had claimed the Jeremy Kyle Show producers treated guests like criminal suspects. The programme was permanently axed after Mr Dymond's death. | |
| A previous hearing at Portsmouth Coroner's Court was told empty morphine packets were found next to Mr Dymond's body after he had been "growing concerned about the repercussions of the show". | A previous hearing at Portsmouth Coroner's Court was told empty morphine packets were found next to Mr Dymond's body after he had been "growing concerned about the repercussions of the show". |
| The full inquest is scheduled to begin on 27 April 2020. | |