British mum of 10 who kept woman as slave for 25 years had chilling response when asked if sorry for crimes

A woman who forced a teenage girl to be her 'house slave' for more than a quarter of a century made no apology for her crimes outside court.

During a two-week trial at Gloucester Crown Court, jurors heard the harrowing details of the 'horrendous treatment' and 'numerous assaults' that the victim suffered at the hands of mother-of-ten Amanda Wixon.

After moving into Wixon's home in 1995 when she was just 16, she was subjected to vicious beatings and slept in a bedroom which police officers said resembled a 'prison cell' for a quarter of a century.

The woman was forced to take care of the homeowner's 10 children, had to clean the squalid family home in Tewkesbury, lived off food scraps and was only able to secretly wash at nighttime.

Wixon also kept the doors and windows of her property locked while refusing to allow the woman outside for more than two decades. She only gained her freedom in 2021 after one of Wixon's sons alerted police.

The court heard details of the years of abuse that the teenage lodger had endured, including how Wixon had once hit her with a broom handle, knocking out her teeth.

Cops said the woman's bedroom in Wixon's home resembled a 'prison cell' (Gloucestershire Police/PA Wire)

Other brutal beatings resulted in the victim having washing-up liquid squirted down her throat, bleach splashed on her face, and her head repeatedly shaven against her will.

There were no medical or dental records for the woman, now in her mid-40s, and she had not seen a doctor in two decades.

The shocking extent of the abuse inflicted by Wixon was brought to light during a two-week trial in Gloucester, where she faced charges of false imprisonment, two charges of requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour, and four charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

A jury acquitted the 56-year-old of one assault charge but found her guilty of the others. Wixon denied all the charges and blamed her estranged son for suggesting things to the woman.

As she left Gloucester Crown Court, Wixon was asked whether she had anything to say to the woman she had kept as a 'house slave' for over 25 years, to which she coldly told reporters: "Not a lot."

When quizzed over whether she was sorry about her crimes, the mum then responded: "No. I never done it."

The mother-of-ten, 56, refused to apologise when approached outside court (Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

Wixon's lawyer Edward Hollingsworth told the court that the prosecution's case was a 'tale of fantasy and lies', while claiming that Wixon's ten children were also in similar states to the victim.

The woman had lost the majority of her teeth due to poor dental hygiene and was 'very close' to being underweight when police found her. She also had scarring on her lips and face, as well as large calluses on her feet and ankles from being constantly on her hands and knees cleaning floors.

"[Wixon's] other children were not vaccinated, not attending school, and had rotting teeth and head lice," Mr Hollingsworth claimed. "Their teeth rotted out by neglect and [this] has been inflated to a story of violent abuse. Negligent, but not the systematic abuse that has been alleged."

As she exited the court, reporters also asked Wixon if she considered herself to be a 'monster'. She stopped to light a cigarette and said: "Say what you think."

Wixon will be sentenced in March (Gloucestershire Police)

She went on to describe being found guilty of assault occasioning bodily harm for shaving her victim's head as 'rubbish', while denying that she ever hit the woman in the face with a broom, despite jurors thinking otherwise.

"Why would I be sorry for something I claim I had never done," Wixon said, before a reporter pointed out that she could be locked up for up to 10 years at her sentencing in March.

"I know that," she sniped back. "Do you think I am stupid? Do you think I don’t know that?"

Since being rescued, the woman has been living with a foster family, attending college, and enjoying holidays abroad. She has suffered nightmares about her ordeal and has a constant wish to clean.

Detective Sergeant Alex Pockett, from Gloucestershire Police, said he had 'not come across a case like this' in the entirety of his career.

"She was treated really, really badly while she was in the address," he said, adding: "It’s clear that it’s had a massive impact on the victim."

Wixon was released on conditional bail, and she is set to be sentenced on 12 March.