Woman jailed by 'secret court' for taking father out of care home talks for first time of her ordeal Ms Maddocks eventually managed to smuggle John out at Christmas 2010 before fleeing to Turkey. The property developer, who now lives in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, said: "He was really depressed in there, he wanted to kill himself. He said, 'if someone doesn't get me out of here I'm going to hang myself'. At the time I was spending a lot of time in Turkey, where I had property interests and I wanted to be back here with dad. He was too well to go into a dementia home. He hated it in care. He felt like he was in hell. I went to see dad at the home. I hadn't seen him in two weeks but I wasn't allowed to see him without supervision. Dad said, 'can you not give me some time on my own with my daughter?' He was really upset and wound up. It broke my heart. The next day my family managed to get him out. They rang me up and I started crying, saying 'bring him here, I know I can look after him a lot better, I will take him to Turkey'. I was thrilled. I had to hide him at my ex-boyfriend's house. The police were telephoning me, they were saying, 'we are coming to find you', and 'we will find you', and 'we want your dad back in that home'. It scared the life out of us. We didn't dare draw the curtains, I thought they were going to find us. I booked us a flight out to Turkey and we managed to get to Manchester Airport and flew out there. Dad improved 100 per cent in Turkey. He was so normal, and he ate well. I knew only I could look after him. He started putting weight on. His health improved so much it was amazing. He was going for walks all the time. Ms Maddocks developed bronchitis when the family returned to Stoke-on-Trent and had her father admitted to a care home for two weeks of respite care. But a Court of Protection battle began between the family and Stoke-on-Trent City Council after it was decided John should be in care for the rest of his life. Ms Maddocks was jailed for contempt of court for reasons including ignoring the court's orders not to try to remove her father from care on September 11 last year. She was thought to be the first person to be imprisoned by the Court of Protection, which settles the affairs and appoints deputies to act on behalf of people who are unable to make decisions about their personal health, finance or welfare. Speaking about the moment she was thrown in jail, Wanda revealed she wasn't even allowed to ring her dad to tell her she was in prison. She added: "I was just visiting dad at Abbots House when it all happened. I remember it was September 11. They just threw me in prison. I had not turned up to a court hearing and the council accused me of being abusive. I was terrified. When I was in that jail, it made me feel worse because I knew what it must have felt like for dad. I knew exactly how he felt. I should never have been sent to prison, it was totally wrong. My dad didn't know where I was. When I came out he wanted to know why I hadn't bothered to see him for so long. The first two days I was there I cried my eyes out. The prison officers spoke to me like I was a bit of dirt, like I was a hardened criminal. Because I was the only civil prisoner in there, they said they didn't know what to do with me. They kept me locked up alone most of the time. They said I wasn't allowed to speak to the public, because of the court order. I wanted to ring up for a solicitor and my MP. I wasn't even allowed to ring my family. I couldn't even tell my dad I was in jail - he thought I'd forgotten about him. It was such a relief when I managed to get out. He said: "Our chief concern was always centred around the welfare of Miss Maddocks' father, who was suffering from a deteriorating condition and required 24-hour supervision in a stable environment."