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Woman convicted of manslaughter in 1978 scalding bath death

Published 26 May 2026

A woman has been convicted of manslaughter nearly five decades after forcing a five-year-old girl into a scalding bath as punishment. Janice Nix, 67, was found guilty at Isleworth Crown Court for the death of Andrea Bernard at a family home in Thornton Heath, south London, in 1978.

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