Jeremy Kyle guest who died after failing lie detector left heartbreaking note to his son

Steve Dymond, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, took his own life seven days after filming for the Jeremy Kyle Show in May 2019.

The presenter, 59, was accused of "pouncing on" Mr Dymond and "throwing him under the bus" by urging the audience to "boo" him after he failed a lie detector test over his faithfulness.

The inquest heard Mr Dymond left a note to his son before his suspected suicide, saying "I never ever cheated on Jane and that's what's tearing me to pieces, everyone thinks I am but I'm not a cheat."

In the note, Mr Dymond said: "I just don't want to be here no more, my life feels empty without Jane, I love her so much."

He went on to call himself "a liar, not a cheat".

"But I did tell her lies, so much lies, and that's why she didn't believe me."

He had taken a lie detector test for the ITV show after being accused of cheating on his ex-fiancee, Jane Callaghan.

The inquest at Winchester Coroner's Court was told he died at his home in Portsmouth of a combination of an overdose and heart problem.

Mr Dymond, a digger driver, was found dead at his home in Portsmouth, Hants, on May 9, 2019.

The inquest started today five years after his death.

Opening the five-day hearing, senior coroner for Hampshire Jason Pegg said it is not the purpose of the inquest to "apportion civil or criminal liability or blame to any person" and that "nobody is on trial".

The inquest continues.

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