A YOUNG woman drowned in her bath after suffering a seizure, an inquest heard.

Pauline Christie, 26, had suffered with epilepsy her whole life.

Sefton coroner Christopher Sumner heard how Miss Christie spent her final hours on November 27 last year having lunch with her boyfriend David Bain before they watched DVDs together.

The inquest yesterday was told how at around 8.30pm Miss Christie, who was at home in Westminster Avenue, Bootle, decided to go for a bath.

She had had fits in the water before and Mr Bain agreed to stay in the house until she emerged.

After about 40 minutes he knocked on the door and, after receiving no answer, went in to find Miss Christie submerged.

He gave emergency first aid and called an ambulance.

Paramedics tried to revive her but she was pronounced dead at around 10pm.

Mr Sumner recorded a verdict of accidental death due to drowning as a result of epilepsy.