British mum who kept woman as ‘house slave’ for 25 years is jailed

A UK judge on Thursday jailed for 13 years a mother-of-10, Amanda Wixon, who forced a vulnerable woman to work as a “house slave” for more than two decades.

“British mum who kept woman as ‘house slave’ for 25 years is jailed The victim, who has a learning disability, was deprived of food, forced to do manual labour and assaulted by Amanda Wixon, the court heard A UK judge on Thursday jailed for 13 years a mother-of-10 who forced a vulnerable woman to work as a “house slave” for more than two decades”

South China Morning Post

Gloucester Crown Court heard that Wixon, 56, subjected the woman to sustained abuse at her squalid home in Gloucestershire, western England.

Wixon forced her to do manual labour, regularly assaulted her and deprived her of food and healthcare.

South China Morning Post

The court was told the victim, who has a learning disability, was a teenager when the ordeal began.

“British mum who kept woman as ‘house slave’ for 25 years is jailed The victim, who has a learning disability, was deprived of food, forced to do manual labour and assaulted by Amanda Wixon, the court heard A UK judge on Thursday jailed for 13 years a mother-of-10 who forced a vulnerable woman to work as a “house slave” for more than two decades”

South China Morning Post

She had first moved into the home in 1995 and remained there until 2021.

She is now in her 40s.

Jurors heard graphic details of humiliation and violence: Wixon would regularly beat the victim, including with a broom handle that once knocked out her teeth.

She would squirt washing-up liquid down the victim's throat, splash bleach on her face and repeatedly shave her head against her will.

South China Morning Post

The victim referred to Wixon as “The Witch.”

Wixon was convicted in January of false imprisonment and modern-day slavery offences, including two counts of requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour and charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, following an earlier 13-day trial.