Motion hearing in Bowlby case produces few results

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[A motion hearing was heard Friday in the case of Brian K. Bowlby, 37, who is charged with 20 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

The State's Attorney's Office contends Bowlby committed sexual acts with a child from August 2001 to March 2003. The child was 6 and 7 years old at the time, according to court documents.

The hearing was set for Friday morning at 9 a.m., but public defender Lowell Tison was busy with other cases and the hearing was not heard by Judge Todd Lambert until nearly noon.

Visibly irritated by the delay, Lambert said the motions would have to wait to be heard on another date, sometime before the jury trial set for Jan. 31.

Outstanding motions include a defense motion for expert services and a defense motion for private investigator fees.