A WOMAN has been ordered to pay compensation to a female police officer after she assaulted her in Barrow.

Katherine Filkin, of St Francis Gardens, Barrow, pleaded guilty to assault by beating of an emergency worker at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court on November 7.

Court documentation shows the offence took place in Barrow on September 17 this year.

Magistrates fined Filkin £180 and ordered that she pay an additional £100 in compensation to the police officer.