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Mother who held woman captive as a slave for 25 years jailed

Amanda Wixon exploited a vulnerable woman with a learning disability for over 25 years, pocketing at least £100,000 in benefits while forcing her into unpaid labour and abuse.

  • Amanda Wixon, 56, was jailed for holding a woman captive as a slave for 25 years, abusing her by forcing hair shaving, physical beatings, and making her live on scraps of food.
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A woman from the United Kingdom has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for holding a vulnerable woman captive in her home for years. The victim was forced to perform heavy labor, was abused, and received insufficient food. "She was, in effect, your slave," said the judge.

·Antwerp, Belgium
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For more than two decades Amanda W. has detained a vulnerable person in her home and forced him to work. A court in England has now sentenced the woman.

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A woman in England has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for enslaving her foster daughter. Violence and coercion were the victim's reality for decades. - Nothing can give me back the 25 years I lost, she says in court.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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For 25 years, an Englishwoman held a woman in her house and tortured her. Now she was sentenced to 13 years in prison for her actions.

·Berlin, Germany
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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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