A KIDDERMINSTER woman, who drowned in her bath, died as the result of an accident, an inquest heard.

Jennifer Bayliss, 65, of Marlpool Place, suffered a cardiac arrhythmia and drowned in her bath on February 1.

An inquest held by Worcestershire Coroner’s Service, which opened on March 11, and closed on Tuesday, June 28, ruled she died as the result of an accident.

The precise medical cause of death, confirmed at the inquest, is listed as drowning and hypertensive heart disease.