Woman imprisoned and forced to work for Tewkesbury mother for more than 25 years

Unnamed woman held against her will since mid-1990s by Amanda Wixon, who beat her and shaved her head

A woman was imprisoned and forced to work for a mother and her 10 children for more than a quarter of a century in an ordeal described at the end of a crown court trial as “Dickensian”.

The woman, who is now in her 40s and cannot be named, lived off scraps, could not leave the house and was forced to wash secretly at night, Gloucester crown court was told.