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A man who want­ed to be­come a po­lice of­fi­cer af­ter his fa­ther was killed dur­ing a home in­va­sion and who was barred from en­ter­ing be­cause of two tat­toos, has been award­ed $300,000.

In a judg­ment dat­ed March 12, High Court Judge West­min James found that the con­sti­tu­tion­al rights of Daawu­ud Mo­hammed were in­fringed.

As a re­sult, he ruled that Mo­hammed be award­ed $25,000 as com­pen­sa­tion for loss of chance; $125,000 for dis­tress and in­con­ve­nience suf­fered and $150,000 in vin­di­ca­to­ry dam­ages. The State was al­so or­dered to pay his le­gal costs.