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Stepmother jailed for 12 years over manslaughter of girl, 5, in scalding bath
Janice Nix, 67, was sentenced for scalding Andrea Bernard, 5, to death in a hot bath nearly 50 years ago
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What happenedJanice Nix, 67, was sentenced for scalding Andrea Bernard, 5, to death in a hot bath nearly 50 years ago.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Stepmother jailed for 12 years over manslaughter of girl, 5, in scalding bath". The right frames it as "Stepmum jailed for killing girl, 5, in scalding bath in 1978".
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Left / center-leftStepmother jailed for 12 years over manslaughter of girl, 5, in scalding bath
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Right / center-rightStepmum jailed for killing girl, 5, in scalding bath in 1978
