The Monster of Tewkesbury – Amanda Wixon: How a “Mother of 10” Knocked Out Her Slave’s Teeth, Shaved Her Head, and Kept Her in a “Prison Cell” for 25 Years
The neighbors in the quiet Priors Park area of Tewkesbury thought Amanda Wixon was just a busy mother of 10 living in a chaotic house. They were wrong. She was a warden running a torture chamber.
In a verdict that has stunned the UK, Amanda Wixon, the 56-year-old matriarch was found guilty yesterday of running a “Dickensian” house of horrors where she kept a vulnerable woman with learning difficulties as a domestic slave for over a quarter of a century.
The details revealed in Gloucester Crown Court aren’t just abusive; they are sadistic. This wasn’t a home. It was a concentration camp hidden behind a front door.
The “House Slave” Rules
The victim walked into Amanda Wixon‘s home in 1995 as a 16-year-old girl. She didn’t leave until she was in her 40s. For those 25 years, she was subjected to a regime of terror that Amanda Wixon used to fund her own lifestyle (pocketing the victim’s benefit checks for decades).
The List of Cruelty:
- The Broom Handle: The court heard Wixon beat the victim so savagely with a broom handle that her teeth were knocked out.
- The “Cleaning” Fluids: Wixon reportedly squirted washing-up liquid down the victim’s throat and splashed bleach onto her face as punishment.
- The Identity Theft: The victim’s one wish was to have long hair.To crush her spirit, Wixon repeatedly forcibly shaved her head.
- The “Prison Cell”: While Wixon slept in a bed, the victim was kept in a room described by police as a “prison cell”—bare plaster walls, mold, no lightbulb, and a filth-encrusted mattress.
The “Cinderella” Scars
This wasn’t just emotional abuse; the slavery left physical marks on the victim’s body that tell the story of the last two decades.
Medical examiners found calluses on the victim’s ankles and knees. Why? Because she was forced to scrub the floors on her hands and knees for hours every single day.
She was forbidden from washing herself (forced to bathe secretly in the dead of night like a fugitive in her own home) yet was forced to bathe Amanda Wixon’s children. She was fed “scraps” while serving family meals she wasn’t allowed to eat.
The Son Who Broke the Silence
How did this go on for 25 years? Social workers visited the home in the 90s but missed it. Neighbors saw a gaunt figure in the garden looking “like skin and bone” but stayed silent.
The hero of this story is actually one of Wixon’s own sons. In a dramatic twist, it was her son who finally cracked. He tipped off the police in 2021, leading officers to raid the property and discover the victim, malnourished and terrified, hiding in the squalor.
When police arrived, the victim whispered: “I don’t want to be here. I don’t feel safe. Mandy hits me all the time.”
The Verdict
Amanda Wixon stood in the dock and denied it all. Her defense claimed the house was just “messy” and that the whole family lived in poverty. The jury didn’t buy it.
She was found guilty of false imprisonment, forced labor, and assault. She is currently out on bail (a controversial move that has sparked outrage) but faces a lengthy prison sentence on March 12.
As for the victim? She is now free. She is living with a foster family,attending college, and—for the first time in 25 years—she is growing her hair long.
What do you think? Should neighbors be held accountable for not reporting “skin and bone” victims next door? Or is the system to blame? Sound off in the comments.
