Jeremy Kyle Show inquest latest: Steve Dymond had ‘suicidal thoughts’ weeks before appearing on programme

Jeremy Kyle guest Steve Dymond had expressed suicidal thoughts to his GP weeks before his appearance on the ITV show, an inquest into his death has heard.

Mr Dymond, 63, died of an overdose and heart problem in a suspected suicide at his home in Portsmouth seven days after filming for the ITV programme in May 2019.

The 63-year-old failed a lie detector test he took for the show after being accused of cheating on his ex-fiancee Jane Callaghan.

Giving evidence on the second day of the hearing on Wednesday, his GP Dr Amjad Rehman told Winchester Coroners’ Court that Mr Dymond had expressed suicidal thoughts in an appointment on 14 March.

In an appointment on 29 March, the GP said Mr Dymond was “insisting” the doctor wrote him a letter to say he was no longer depressed or taking his mental health medication so that he could go on a television show.

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