A mother of three was electrocuted after holding a mobile phone that was being charged while she took a bath, with her devastated husband now warning people not to be lulled into a false sense of security by claims phones are waterproof.
Ann-Marie O’Gorman, 46, was discovered lying on her side in an ensuite bath at her Dublin home by husband Joe on October 30 last year.
At an inquest into her death, Mr O’Gorman said he had just returned home after taking their youngest daughter to her first disco when he found his wife unresponsive.
He said he last spoke to her briefly on the phone while driving home at about 8pm and believed she was in the bath at that time.
Mr O’Gorman said he found an iPhone and a charging cable in the bath and, when he lifted his wife from the water, received a sma