CAIRO, Feb 12 (Aswat Masriya) A Cairo criminal court acquitted on Wednesday a policeman in al-Zaweya al-Hamra of complicity in the killing of protesters during the January 25 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

This is the second time that officer Mohamed al-Sony has been acquitted in this case.

Sony’s attorney told Aswat Masriya that his client was sent to court seven times, where he was accused of killing protesters in front of al-Zawya police station, because of the large number of victims and the pressure from their families.

Sony was sentenced to five years in prison in May for his complicity in the killing of protesters on January 28 of 2011, the day known as “the Friday of anger”, but he appealed the sentence before the Cassation Court, which then ordered his retrial.

Sony was also sentenced in absentia to life in prison over his complicity in the killing of 18 protesters during the uprising before he handed himself in to the authorities.

Mubarak and his top aides are also standing trial over the killing of 850 protesters during the January 25 uprising.

Many policemen have been acquitted by different courts across the country since the uprising.