THE STATE has been ordered to compensate a Wallerfield woman who was wrongly arrested, detained and maliciously prosecuted by police in 2017.

Justice Christopher Sieuchand, on September 5, awarded damages to Shakira Bachan, who was 15 at the time of her arrest in 2017. In July, the judge had found that Bachan’s arrest was unlawful, finding no evidence that dangerous drugs were discovered at the Claxton Bay tattoo shop where she and her cousins were held on August 9, 2017.

The court found that police officers failed to produce station diary entries, exhibit sheets, or forensic submissions to substantiate claims that narcotics were recovered.