Presenter Jeremy Kyle chose not to appear before the committee, but said he was “utterly devastated” by participant Steve Dymond’s death ITVITV bosses have admitted they do not know the accuracy of lie detector tests used on The Jeremy Kyle Show, which was axed after the suspected suicide of a participant. Senior ITV executives were interrogated by MPs this morning after the death of Steve Dymond, 63, a week after he failed a lie detector test on the reality show. The programme was suspended, then permanently cancelled in May amid a public outcry against the perceived mistreatment of vulnerable guests. Tom McLennan, the show’s executive producer, insisted that it was made clear to viewers and participants that the lie detector tests used on the daytime programme were not 100 per cent accurate. However, he admitted that he could not say exactly how reliable they are or…

Source: The Times June 25, 2019 11:14 UTC