In the United Kingdom, Janice Nix was found guilty by Isleworth Crown Court of causing the death of her five-year-old stepdaughter, Andrea Bernard, by scalding her in a bath in 1978. The case, prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service, involved allegations that the punishment was "beyond chastisement even by contemporary standards."

The trial has raised questions about the fairness and proportionality of the verdict nearly 50 years after the incident. The court's decision and the surrounding circumstances remain a subject of public and legal scrutiny.