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Mum-of-three killed while holding her charging iPhone in the bath

Ann-Marie O'Gorman in a photo.
Ann-Marie O’Gorman from Shanliss Avenue, Santry, Co Dublin, was found unresponsive in her bathroom by her husband (Picture: Rip.ie)

A mum-of-three died after she was electrocuted holding her charging phone in the bath.

Ann-Marie O’Gorman from Shanliss Avenue, Santry, Co Dublin, was found unresponsive in her bathroom by her husband Joe in October last year.

The 47-year-old had suffered electrocution-type burns to her chest and left arm, pathologist Heidi Okkers told Dubin District Coroner’s Court.

She was pronounced dead later that day at Beaumont Hospital.

Joe had left the family home with their youngest daughter to Megan at 6.40pm, and called his wife at 7.58pm while driving home.

When he went up to the bathroom, he found Ann-Marie lying on her side unresponsive, with her phone and her charging cable in the bath.

As he went to lift her out of the bath, Joe said he felt a small electric shock, The Sun reports.

He told the coroner’s court: ‘The only thing you hear about is how these phones are great in up to six feet of water.

‘It gives people the idea that you can have your phone near water.

‘There should be warnings that this is dangerous.

‘There’s nothing being done about this whatsoever by any provider to say this is a hazard you could die from.

‘That is all that people have to know.’

Joe added phone companies were promoting a ‘false illusion of safety’ saying their equipment is waterproof.

He added there is no warning on iPhones about the danger of them coming into contact with water as they are being charged.

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