The State has been or­dered to pay over $100,000 in com­pen­sa­tion to a fe­male bounc­er, who was as­sault­ed and ma­li­cious­ly pros­e­cut­ed af­ter she at­tempt­ed to stop a pair of plain clothes po­lice of­fi­cers from en­ter­ing a night­club with­out pay­ing the $60 cov­er charge.

High Court Judge Mar­garet Mo­hammed or­dered the com­pen­sa­tion for An­drea Phillips as she up­held her as­sault, wrong­ful ar­rest, false im­pris­on­ment and ma­li­cious pros­e­cu­tion case against the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al last week.

Phillips’ case stemmed from an in­ci­dent at Stum­blin Night­club at Ari­api­ta Av­enue in Wood­brook on Ju­ly 1, 2017.