Five-year-old girl sobbed 'the bath is too hot mummy' as she was forced into scalding tub of water that killed her by stepmother, court told
Janice Nix, now 67, is accused of killing her young stepdaughter Andrea Bernard almost 50 years ago, in 1978, when she herself was 17, at their home in Thornton Heath, south London.
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- Primary source: Daily Mail
- Published: May 7, 2026, 3:47 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Crime & Justice
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