In a statement released as Wixon, 56, was sentenced at Gloucester crown court on Thursday morning, the woman said: \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are growing calls for social services to explain why the victim, now in her 40s, slipped through the net. Her foster carer said: \u201cIt\u2019s just a horrible situation which should never have happened. I think social services should be more alert and then maybe no one else will go through what she has been through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wixon beat the woman, squirted washing-up liquid down her throat, splashed bleach on her face and shaved her head against her will.<\/p>\n
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Police bodycam footage shows Amanda Wixon being questioned \u2013 video<\/p>\n
The woman lived off scraps, could not leave the house in Gloucestershire<\/a>, and was forced to wash secretly at night. Her benefit money was paid into Wixon\u2019s account.<\/p>\n In newly released voice notes found by police, the victim gave an insight into her plight. In one, she said: \u201cI was in agony last night, I was crying \u2026 I had no one to speak to.\u201d<\/p>\n In another, she said: \u201cWish I could go out, take Marley [the family\u2019s dog] for a walk every day of the week, wish I could do that but I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n Footage taken from police bodyworn-cameras reveals that when police found the woman, Wixon told them her victim was \u201cquite reclusive\u201d. Asked when the woman last had a bath, Wixon said: \u201cI can\u2019t really remember.\u201d<\/p>\n Gloucester crown court heard that the woman, who has learning disabilities, was 16 when she moved into Wixon\u2019s home in the mid-1990s and was supposed to stay only for the weekend but remained there until she was discovered by police<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n When officers found the woman after receiving a tipoff, she had scarring to her lips and face and large calluses on her feet and ankles from being constantly on her hands and knees cleaning floors.<\/p>\n The house was overcrowded and had mould on the walls, crumbling plaster and rubbish in the back garden. They described the woman\u2019s room as being like a prison cell.<\/p>\n Sam Jones, for the prosecution, told the jury during Wixon\u2019s trial earlier this year that the victim had disappeared from society. The court heard social services were involved with the family in the late 1990s, but there was no record of contact since.<\/p>\n Jones said: \u201cThe fact remains that nothing was done by social services.\u201d He said there were no medical or dental records for the woman, and she had not seen a doctor in two decades.<\/p>\n After Wixon was found guilty of false imprisonment, requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, one neighbour claimed she had contacted social services raising concerns. The neighbour said she used to see the woman knocking on the window.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cI made phone calls for social services, nothing was ever done. Social services failed her massively.\u201d<\/p>\n