article_snippet.sent: The force - which has only 16 ethnic minority officers out of a total of just over 1,000 - had denied the claims.
article_snippet.sent: But the employment tribunal ruled that the Zimbabwe-born officer was unlawfully discriminated against on grounds of race.
article_snippet.sent: but I was being penalised because I was black. '
article_snippet.sent: Employment judges were told his was the only black candidate out of 20 officers to go for the position.
article_snippet.sent: The judgment read: 'The reduction in the scoring has the very significant effect in terms of making it appear reasonable that the one black applicant for promotion was scoring lower than the 19 white applicants and should therefore not be promoted.'
article_snippet.sent: It went on: 'This behaviour is so extreme that the employment tribunal cannot think of any apparent motive other than one that is directly related to [the] Claimant's race.'