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Mum who kept woman as slave for 25 years has 3 words for victim outside court
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mu...e-36592009
EXCERPTS: The woman who kept a teenage girl imprisoned for a quarter century in horrific conditions refused to apologise to her victim outside court.
Amanda Wixon, 56, took the young woman - the daughter of her friend - back in 1995 and subjected her to 25 years of torment. Gloucester Crown Court heard the woman was regularly beaten and also hit with a broom handle, had washing-up liquid squirted down her throat, and bleach splashed on her face.
The woman, who is now in her mid-40s, was 16 when she moved into the squalid home of mum-of-10 Wixon and remained there until 2021. Her food was limited and could not leave the house. She was forced to secretly wash at night and made to work as a "house slave".
Wixon was found guilty of six charges, including compulsory labour, false imprisonment and assault, by a jury and showed no remorse outside court after she discovered she would be released on conditional bail before being sentenced on March 12.
Asked what she had to say to her victim, she replied: “Not a lot.” Asked if she was sorry, she said: “No. I never done it.”
Quizzed on whether she was a “monster” as she stopped to light a cigarette, she replied: “Say what you think.” And after being told she could receive a 10-year prison sentence, Wixon replied: “I know that. Do you think I am stupid? Do you think I don’t know that?”
[...] The court heard social services were involved with the family in the late 1990s, but there were no records of any contact since. “The fact remains that nothing was done by social services,” Mr Jones said. There were no medical records or dental records for the woman, and she had not seen a doctor in two decades.
Edward Hollingsworth, defending, described the prosecution case as a “tale of fantasy and lies” and suggested there was a “child-like fantasy” to the woman’s allegations... (MORE- missing details)
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mu...e-36592009
EXCERPTS: The woman who kept a teenage girl imprisoned for a quarter century in horrific conditions refused to apologise to her victim outside court.
Amanda Wixon, 56, took the young woman - the daughter of her friend - back in 1995 and subjected her to 25 years of torment. Gloucester Crown Court heard the woman was regularly beaten and also hit with a broom handle, had washing-up liquid squirted down her throat, and bleach splashed on her face.
The woman, who is now in her mid-40s, was 16 when she moved into the squalid home of mum-of-10 Wixon and remained there until 2021. Her food was limited and could not leave the house. She was forced to secretly wash at night and made to work as a "house slave".
Wixon was found guilty of six charges, including compulsory labour, false imprisonment and assault, by a jury and showed no remorse outside court after she discovered she would be released on conditional bail before being sentenced on March 12.
Asked what she had to say to her victim, she replied: “Not a lot.” Asked if she was sorry, she said: “No. I never done it.”
Quizzed on whether she was a “monster” as she stopped to light a cigarette, she replied: “Say what you think.” And after being told she could receive a 10-year prison sentence, Wixon replied: “I know that. Do you think I am stupid? Do you think I don’t know that?”
[...] The court heard social services were involved with the family in the late 1990s, but there were no records of any contact since. “The fact remains that nothing was done by social services,” Mr Jones said. There were no medical records or dental records for the woman, and she had not seen a doctor in two decades.
Edward Hollingsworth, defending, described the prosecution case as a “tale of fantasy and lies” and suggested there was a “child-like fantasy” to the woman’s allegations... (MORE- missing details)