A Toronto police officer facing multiple charges has been acquitted on charges of attacking his girlfriend with a knife after the woman recanted her story.

A Windsor judge acquitted Const. Ned Maodus Friday on charges of assault and threatening death stemming from allegations he held a butcher knife to his girlfriend's throat in March, his lawyer Peter Brauti told CBC News. 

The woman testified that she had given a false statement and apologized to the court, the Windsor Star reported.

Judge Bruce Thomas, of the Ontario court of justice, said the testimony "ultimately left me with reasonable doubt" and no choice but to acquit, the newspaper said. 

Maodus is in custody awaiting other trials but Brauti said they hope to have his bail reviewed at a hearing this week.

He was denied bail after the March charges, his seventh arrest in as many years.

He is accused of crimes involving prostitution, drugs, weapons, sexual assault, assault and theft and has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Maodus was also acquitted on assault charges in London, Ont., in March.

He is suspended from the Toronto Police Service as he awaits trial.