Bodycam footage shows horrifying conditions where mom kept woman as slave for 25 years
Amanda Wixon was sentenced after the court heard the horrifying abuse she subjected her victim to
Shocking bodycam footage reveals the horrific conditions a vulnerable woman was kept in as a 'house slave' for more than 25 years.
The woman, who was 16 when she moved into the squalid home of Amanda Wixon in 1995, remained there until 2021.
Wixon, 56, forced the woman to do manual labor and assaulted her regularly, depriving her of food and healthcare. During a trial at Gloucester Crown Court, it was said that the victim was regularly beaten and hit with a broom handle, knocking out her teeth.
Her head was shaved against her will, and washing-up detergent would be squirted down her throat. The victim also had bleach splashed on her face and her food was limited.
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She was not allowed to leave the house and was forced to secretly bathe at night.
“I don’t want to be here,” she told officers. “I don’t feel safe. Mandy hits me all the time. I don’t like it. I haven’t washed for years. She doesn’t let me.”
The victim, who is now in her 40s, was freed from Wixon’s home in March 2021 after police went to the house in response to a report made by one of Wixon’s sons.
You can see the bodycam footage from her arrest below:
Wixon, who is a mother-of-10, had denied a charge of false imprisonment, two modern slavery charges of requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labor, and four counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. She has now received a 13-year prison sentence.
A jury acquitted Wixon of one assault charge but found her guilty of all the other charges.
Detectives leading the investigation said Wixon had not previously been known to police before her arrest and had presented herself as a community-minded individual who volunteered and supported others.
In a victim statement read during the sentencing, the victim, who is not being identified, said she still lives with ‘trauma and nightmares’ every day.
“For 25 years, I lived in fear, control and abuse. I was treated as though my life, my freedom and my voice did not matter.
“Although my abuser has now been found guilty, the trauma and the nightmares are something I still carry with me every day.
“I am now living with a wonderful family who show me kindness, patience and support.
“Their love is helping me slowly rebuild the life that was taken from me and begin to feel safe again.
“Nothing can give me back the 25 years I lost. But I hope the court recognises the deep and lasting harm this abuse has caused and delivers a sentence that truly reflects the seriousness of these crimes.”
Greg Harris