The Scotsman

Former partner of Jeremy Kyle guest hounded by online trolls

- By BEN MITCHELL

The former partner of Steve Dymond, who died after filming for the Jeremy Kyle Show, has said she is being hounded by online trolls.

Jane Call aghan, f r om Gosport, Hampshire, said hundreds of abusive comments have been made on social media.

An inquest into the death of Mr Dymond, 63, was opened in Portsmouth on Wednesday. It heard the constructi­on worker was found in his room in Portsmouth on May 9 after splitting from Ms Callaghan.

D e t e c t i v e S e r g e a n t Marcus Mills, of Hamps h i r e Po l i c e , t o l d t h e hearing t hat t he death was a s u s p e c t e d s u i c i d e . The Jeremy Kyle show has s i n c e b e e n a x e d a n d Mr Dymond’s death comes amid growing scrutiny of the duty of care that reality TV shows have to participan­ts.

Ms Cal l a g han t o l d l o c a l paper The News: “The worst part is the comments. They are making out like I am the bad person.

“I have done nothing wrong. He cheated on me and I was completely in the dark about everything else he had done.

“He was a monster but he doesn’t deserve this now and neither do I. I cared about him and he loved me.”

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