Inquest finds Santry woman electrocuted by charging phone in bath

A 46-year-old mother of three died after being electrocuted while holding a mobile phone that was connected to a charger in a bath at her home in Santry, County Dublin, an inquest has heard. AnnMarie O'Gorman was found unresponsive in an ensuite bathroom on October 30 last year and was later pronounced dead at Beaumont Hospital, the coroner was told.

Her husband, Joe O'Gorman, told Dublin District Coroners Court he had left the house at about 6.40 p.m. to drop their youngest daughter at a disco and spoke briefly with his wife by phone while driving home at about 7.58 p.m. When he returned and went to check on her, he found her lying on her side in the bath with an iPhone and a charging cable in the water. He said he felt a small electric shock while lifting her from the bath and that he noticed red marks on her hands and chest as he administered CPR. Their eldest daughter then called emergency services. Paramedics arrived at about 8.38 p.m. but O'Gorman could not be revived.

State Pathologist Dr. Heidi Okkers told the court that O'Gorman had electrocution-type burns to her chest and left arm. Toxicology results were negative for drugs and alcohol, and her preexisting conditions,...