Inquest hears woman was electrocuted while holding a charging mobile phone in bath

Ann-Marie O’Gorman. Picture: Collins Courts

Calls for prominent warning notices to be placed on all electronic devices about the risk of using them near water have been made following the death of a woman who was electrocuted while holding a charging mobile phone in a bath last year.

The woman's husband, Joe O’Gorman, expressed concern at an inquest into his wife’s death at Dublin District Coroner’s Court on Tuesday that many people are being lulled into “a false illusion of safety” by mobile phone manufacturers like Apple for promoting how their equipment is waterproof.