Woman who says she twice tried to kill herself after failing lie detector test on Jeremy Kyle Show weeps in the dock as she avoids jail for hitting woman over head with bottle in drunken row

• Chloe Gill, 23, ‘thumped’ the woman on the head with a bottle after an argument
• They had been drinking at a house in Derby, when Gill assaulted the victim
• Gill previously smashed a glass over someone’s head in a pub January 2020
• The 23-year-old was also found guilty of 11 counts of fraud in September 2020
• For confidential support, call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit a local Samaritans branch. See www.samaritans.org for details 

A woman who said that she twice tried to kill herself after failing a lie detector test on the Jeremy Kyle Show wept in the dock as she avoided jail for hitting a woman over head with a bottle in a drunken row. 

Convicted fraudster Chloe Gill, 23, had been drinking when an argument began at a house in Chaddesden, Derby, and she suddenly struck the victim with the weapon and left the property.

Derby Crown Court was told at Gill’s sentencing hearing that a child was also present when she launched the assault — two years after she smashed a glass over someone’s head in a pub row. 

Handing her a four-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, Recorder Patrick Upward QC said: ‘You must understand that thumping someone over the head with a bottle could have horrendous consequences not just for the woman you hit but for you.’

Chloe Gill, 23, had been drinking when an argument began, before she suddenly struck the victim with a bottle

David Eager, prosecuting, said Gill had come to Derby with her sister on July 16, 2021, to visit a friend. He said the three of them were together at a Chaddesden address and all had been drinking.

The prosecutor said: ‘There came a point, and it is still not clear why, when the women became involved in an argument. Miss Gill accepts that she picked up a bottle and struck the complainant with it to the head.

‘It left a large egg-shaped protrusion to the head and two cuts to the forehead.’

The judge asked: ‘She did not break the bottle?’

Mr Eager replied: ‘No, there was broken glass on the floor but the crown cannot prove that was from the bottle. There was a child present and there was cuts to an arm but we can’t say that was from this incident.

‘The defendant left the premises and was arrested in the early hours of July 17 and she made denials of any wrong doing.’

Gill, of Firthville Road, Sibsey, Boston, Lincolnshire, pleaded guilty to assault by beating.

Lucky Thandi, mitigating, said her client is a full-time carer for the defendant’s father. 

She has a previous conviction for battery from January 2020 when she smashed a glass over the head of a worker at a pub in her home town. 

Gill admitted that the assault put her in breach of a suspended sentence, imposed in September 2020 for 11 counts of fraud and using threatening words or behaviour

The defendant also admitted that the Derby assault put her in breach of a suspended sentence, imposed in September 2020 for 11 counts of fraud and using threatening words or behaviour.

As part of the suspended sentence, Recorder Upward ordered Gill to carry put 80 hours unpaid work. 

She sobbed in the dock as he told her: ‘If you start swindling people or battering people you can expect to go to prison.’ 

Gill went on the Jeremy Kyle Show after being accused of posting a picture of someone else’s child on Facebook

In 2019, Gill spoke to Lincolnshire Live about how appearing on the Jeremy Kyle Show led to her making two suicide attempts. 

She was 19 when she went on the since axed ITV show after a row where she was accused of posting a picture of someone else’s child on Facebook.

After failing a lie detector test, which she disputed, she said she was tormented with abuse after the episode was aired in May 2018.

‘Half of my friends and family didn’t want to know me. I fell out with my own mum at some point,’ she told The Sun. 

Gill said that she attempted suicide due to a ‘mixture of the abuse and the show’.

‘They [producers] would ring me once in a blue moon to see if I’m alright. This happened twice, three times,’ she added. 

‘The show could have done more, definitely. My mental health deteriorated.’

Gill also said that she had been diagnosed with anxiety, depression and PTSD.  

For confidential support, call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit a local Samaritans branch. See www.samaritans.org for details. 

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