Mother of 10 found guilty of keeping teenage girl as ‘house slave’ for 25 years (www.irishtimes.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 01:17
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The woman, who is now in her mid-40s, was 16 when she moved into the squalid home of mother-of-10 Amanda Wixon (56) in 1995 and remained there until 2021.

Gloucester Crown Court heard the woman was regularly beaten and also hit with a broom handle – knocking out her teeth.

Her food was limited by Wixon, and she lived off scraps, could not leave the house and was forced to secretly wash at night.

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adhd_traco@piefed.social on 22 Jan 2026 01:50 next collapse

What a horrid story. At least there is some sigh of relief with this first sentence.

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

yakko@feddit.uk on 22 Jan 2026 06:35 collapse

Send this woman all of the therapy

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AntiBullyRanger@ani.social on 22 Jan 2026 04:39 next collapse

Weird selphie my mother took /s

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de on 22 Jan 2026 09:28 collapse

The way its described it sounds like she will get away with a couple years, but anything less than life is insanity if you ask me. She should get a charge for torture.

slackarr@piefed.ca on 22 Jan 2026 13:01 collapse

a couple of years in a volcano sounds fair