Janice Nix charged 47 years after the death of a child

Admin I Tuesday, February 18, 2025

 

LONDON, Nigeria – Forty-seven years after the death of a child, Janice Nix, (66) has finally been charged for the death of a five year old child in1978.

Janice Nix, of Rodenhurst Road, SW4, was arrested and charged with manslaughter on Tuesday, 18 February, following the death of Andrea Bernard.

Andrea and Nix were known to each other

Nix was also charged with child cruelty in relation to offences towards another child, who was aged eight at the time.

She is due to appear before Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 19 February.

It was reported that Andrea was assaulted at an address in Ashley Road, Thornton Heath on 6 June 1978 and was hospitalised.

She was initially treated at hospital in Croydon before being transferred to a specialist burns unit in East Grinstead.

Tragically, as a result of the injuries Andrea sustained, she died on 13 July 1978.

The offences were reported in September 2022 and an investigation was launched.