Rosslau, Germany, December 08 , SPA -- Angry members of the public shouted in a German court Monday as two policemen were acquitted of the 2005 death of a handcuffed Sierra Leonean in a police cell, according to dpa. Oury Jalloh, 23, was killed by the fire when his mattress caught fire in the cell in Rosslau, 100 kilometres south-west of Berlin. Police contended he was drunk and violent, and set alight to his bedding while using his cigarette lighter, which he had concealed. The state court ruled that it could not be proved the two police officers on watch bore any blame for his death in January 7, 2005. The 22-month trial near Dessau, in a part of former East Germany where several ugly racist incidents have occurred in the past, has attracted attention from rights groups outside Germany, with an Oury Jalloh Memorial Committee set up to press charges.
