7-year-old killed by fake Gameboy. October 12, 2007
A boy of seven was killed by a counterfeit Gameboy charger while on holiday in Thailand, an inquest heard yesterday.
Connor O’Keeffe was found on a hotel room floor in Phuket still holding the wires of the charger after he was electrocuted in December last year.
His stepfather Keith Skinner had bought the device for £9 from a store because the family, from Walworth in South-East London, had forgotten to pack Connor’s charger.
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October 12th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Now, no one can read this and say that counterfeit is innocent!
The creators of that charger should be forced to go to his funeral…
October 12th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Go to his funeral? that’s not really fair for his family. Shouldn’t the people who create a deadly product go to prison? In the US they might, don’t know how things work in thailand though.
October 12th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
The heading “7-year-old killed by fake Gameboy.” is rather mis-leading. I was expecting to read some crazy story about how he died as a result of his gameboy not the charger.
With that said though…is there additional information on this? How did he get electrocuted? The article says he was holding the wires. I only have a Advance SP but in looking at the charger I am not quite sure how I would be electrocuted holding one…even if it is plugged in.
October 12th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Maybe he was holding the wires… and touching the metal part at the end when he plugged it in.
October 12th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Thats FUCKED up
October 14th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Maybe it’s just me, but didn’t this happen a few months back? Not sure when, but I clearly remember reading about this.