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Janice Nix jailed for 12 years for killing Andrea Bernard in scalding bath in 1978
The court said Nix forced the child into a bath so hot that burns covered 50% of her body, and she later lied about what happened.
- On Friday, Janice Nix, 67, was sentenced to 12 years in prison at Isleworth Crown Court for the 1978 manslaughter of five-year-old Andrea Bernard in Thornton Heath, south London.
- The fatal incident occurred June 6, 1978, when Nix was "furious" after Andrea ignored cleaning instructions, forcing her into a scalding bath that caused burns to 50% of her body.
- Desmond Bernard testified he heard Andrea screaming as Nix shouted "Get in the bath," and later found the girl "limp" and wrapped in a towel with visible injuries.
- Originally treated as an accident, Andrea's death remained unsolved until Bernard came forward to police in 2022, prompting Nix to admit she gave false statements to the coroner "in a panic."
- The court heard Nix previously worked as a probation officer dubbed "Mama J" before her conviction, while Bernard described in a victim impact statement how abuse left him "broken.
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