Justice After Decades of Abuse, Mother of Ten Jailed for Enslaving Teenage Girl for 25 Years.
A mother-of-ten has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after a court heard how she subjected a teenage girl to decades of abuse, forced labor, and captivity in her home. Amanda Wixon, 56, was convicted following a trial at Gloucester Crown Court for crimes that spanned more than two decades.
The victim, whose identity remains protected, was just 16 years old when she moved into Wixon’s home in 1995. What followed, prosecutors said, was 25 years of exploitation and violence inside the family’s overcrowded and neglected house in Tewkesbury. The court heard that the property in the Priors Park area was in a squalid condition, with mould-covered walls, damaged plaster, and rubbish filling the garden.
According to evidence presented during the trial, the woman endured repeated physical assaults, including being beaten and struck with a broom handle so severely that it knocked out some of her teeth. She remained trapped in the home until 2021. Today, the survivor—now in her mid-40s—refers to Wixon as “The Witch,” a reflection of the trauma she endured.
While delivering the sentence, Ian Lawrie KC told the court that Wixon had shown “permanent denial” about the devastating impact of her actions. He described the crimes as persistent and cruel, noting the victim had effectively been held captive from her teenage years into her early forties.
In a powerful statement read in court, the survivor described living “in fear, control and abuse” for a quarter of a century. Now living with a supportive family, she says their kindness is helping her slowly rebuild the life that was taken from her, even as the trauma of those lost years remains.








