Janice Nix, 66, is charged with manslaughter over the death of Andrea Bernard, who was taken to hospital after she suffered burns in Thornton Heath, south London, on June 6, 1978.
Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire] Andrea was treated at a hospital in Croydon before being transferred to a specialist burns unit in East Grinstead, West Sussex, but died from her injuries on July 13 that year.
She was treated at a hospital in Croydon before being transferred to a specialist burns unit in East Grinstead, Sussex, but died from her injuries on July 13 that year.
She is also accused of cruelty to Andrea’s brother Desmond Bernard between October 1, 1975, and June 6, 1978, when he was eight.
Nix, of Clapham, southwest London, wept as she appeared in the dock at Uxbridge Magistrates Court this morning.
