Stepmother killed 5-year-old girl by forcing her into scalding hot bath

Stepmother killed 5-year-old girl by forcing her into scalding hot bathJanice Nix, 67, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Andrea Bernard almost 50 years ago. Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Bookmark Add us as preferred source Comments By Jon King, News Reporter 11:18, Wed, May 27, 2026 Updated: 11:27, Wed, May 27, 2026 Jurors heard Janice Nix was 'furious' after Andrea ignored instructions not to leave the house (Image: MPS)A stepmother killed a five-year-old girl by scalding her in a hot bath as a punishment almost 50 years ago, jurors have found. Janice Nix, 67, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Andrea Bernard by forcing her into the bath in Thornton Heath, south London, in 1978. window.scriptsToLoad.push({url:'https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118222&vp_content=plembed3a6btjknzwqh&cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&playerApiId=v118222',triggeredBy:'tcfLoaded',delay:1500,containerId:'ovp-primis',title:"Primis player",beforeLoad:()=>{window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118222"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}})},}) Isleworth Crown Court heard 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. Nix, of Clapham, south London, shook her head as she was also convicted of cruelty to Mr Bernard between October 1975 and June 1978, when he was seven to nine years old. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Get the day's biggest headlines in UK and World news and more Subscribe Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. Read our Privacy PolicyShe could be seen crying hysterically in the dock after jurors...