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Manslaughter-Convicted Janice Nix Detained at Heathrow.

5/26/2026

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Janice Nix was detained at Heathrow Airport on 18 February 2025 after arriving from Antigua.
She remains in custody after a manslaughter conviction for the 1978 death of five-year-old Andrea Bernard.
At trial, her brother testified she shouted “get in the bath,” leading the jury to reject her negligence defense.
Nix later forced Bernard to lie to police, telling him they were playing in the garden and that the child bathed unsupervised.

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Janice Nix was detained at Heathrow Airport on 18 February 2025 after arriving from Antigua.
She remains in custody after a manslaughter conviction for the 1978 death of five-year-old Andrea Bernard.
At trial, her brother testified she shouted “get in the bath,” leading the jury to reject her negligence defense.
Nix later forced Bernard to lie to police, telling him they were playing in the garden and that the child bathed unsupervised.