Foster carer dismayed at time it took to help woman, who is having therapy, attending college and growing her hair
When she finally arrived in a safe place after suffering a quarter of a century of mental and physical torment, she was frail and timid. She could not bear to be hugged, and craved hot showers, getting up at 3am to try to get clean.
The foster carer who took in the woman who had been held and forced to work in “Dickensian conditions” in a house in an English market town said the victim remained terrified of her abuser, Amanda Wixon, whom she called “the witch”. Wixon was jailed for 13 years on Tuesday.
The carer, who is remaining anonymous to protect the identity of the victim, said that when she was finally freed by police, the woman was very shy, anxious and unwell.
“She was very skinny. I had to take her to the doctors and get lots of appointments and try and feed her and show her love,” she said.
