Inquest rules out Jeremy Kyle Show filming as cause of participant’s death

Coroner finds insufficient evidence' that appearance on ITV show led Steve Dymond to take his own life

An inquest into a man who killed himself a week after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show has found insufficient evidence" to rule that participating in the programme caused his death.

Steve Dymond, 63, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, is thought to have ended his life seven days after filming for the ITV show in May 2019.

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