The Digester

An anonymous foster carer describes the slow recovery of a woman rescued in 2021 after about 25 years of domestic enslavement, and urges action after the abuser was jailed for 13 years.

Amanda Wixon was jailed for 13 years after the woman was found by police in March 2021 and the case reached court five years later.
The victim was first held at about age 16 and endured roughly a quarter of a century of forced household labour in Dickensian conditions.
Abuse included beatings, being locked in a room with windows covered, washing-up liquid forced down her throat and bleach poured on her face.
She was starved, denied education and basic hygiene, and now has very limited reading and writing skills.
Her anonymous foster carer says recovery is ongoing with therapy, college attendance and holidays, but the victim remains terrified of her abuser.
The carer is calling for an inquiry into how apparent earlier reports were dismissed and why the victim was allowed to suffer for so long.

Woman freed from 25 years of domestic enslavement begins recovery after abuser jailed for 13 years

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