Charging phone in bath

[jimjim1]

Thing is that if desperate I might have been (and may still be?) tempted to use say a long USB cable to do this with the Mains electricity well out of reach.


Sadly as usual the news seem to be getting it wrong. At least one of these must surely be wrong.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...charging-phone
Tributes paid to Richard Bull, whose death was ruled accidental after he was killed when his phone fell into the water

Man dies charging iPhone while in the bath - BBC News
Richard Bull, 32, died when his iPhone charger made contact with the water at his home in Ealing, west London.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/311124...-on-his-chest/
Richard Bull, 32, is believed to have plugged the charger into an extension cord from the hallway and then rested it on his chest while using the phone

[What is IT? - The charger? - The extension cord? - The phone?]

So which article(s) are incorrect?

I find it difficult to believe that, absent the mains in the bath, dropping the charging phone in the water might have fatal results? 5V is after all surely 5V.

On the other hand, "balancing a mains extension socket on ones chest" when in the bath is clearly a bit daft, especially in a 240V country.

Can anyone shed any expert light on this?