abstract: Rough justice? Magistrates have come under fire for awarding A&E sister Clare Walker only £75 in compensation after she was assaulted by a drunken patient. Ms Walker, who works at East Cheshire NHS Trust, is said to have experienced whiplash, sustained injuries to her wrist, knee and face, and suffered shock. She told the Macclesfield Express: 'The punishment hardly fits the crime. The message being sent out is that you can just go out and wallop a nurse and it will cost you less than 100 quid'.