Stepmother jailed for 12 years for killing girl in scalding bathwater nearly 50 years ago

A woman has been jailed for 12 years for killing her five-year-old stepdaughter by putting her in a scalding hot bath in 1978. Janice Nix, 67, who denied the manslaughter of Andrea Bernard, was found guilty at a previous court hearing in May. The court heard how Bernard punished the five-year-old by forcing her to take the bath in Thornton Heath nearly 50 years ago. Andrea’s death was treated as an accident until her older brother Desmond Bernard went to police in 2022 with a new account of what happened. Read the full story here: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime... Subscribe to The Standard:    / @thelondonstandard   Videos, daily editorial and more: https://www.standard.co.uk Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/TheLondonStandard Follow us on X @theLDNstandard and Instagram: @thelondonstandard