Woman guilty of killing stepdaughter, five, by scalding almost 50 years ago
Key takeaways
- Janice Nix leaves the Old Bailey in London in March 2025.
- A woman has been found guilty of killing her five-year-old stepdaughter by punishing her in a scalding hot bath almost 50 years ago.
- Their stepmother, Janice Nix, 67 was found guilty on Tuesday of the manslaughter of Andrea and cruelty to Desmond between October 1975 and June 1978, when he between seven and nine years old.
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Janice Nix leaves the Old Bailey in London in March 2025. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PAView image in fullscreen Janice Nix leaves the Old Bailey in London in March 2025. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PAUK news Woman guilty of killing stepdaughter, five, by scalding almost 50 years ago Janice Nix convicted of manslaughter after brother of Andrea Bernard alters account of incident in 1978
Prefer the Guardian on Google. A woman has been found guilty of killing her five-year-old stepdaughter by punishing her in a scalding hot bath almost 50 years ago.
Andrea Bernard’s death in 1978 in Thornton Heath, south London, was treated as an accident until the girl’s older brother, Desmond Bernard, went to police in 2022 with a new account of what happened, Isleworth crown court heard.