West Frankfort, Ill. – A decision in an aggravated battery trial is being delayed.
A verdict on 30-year-old Christopher Rollins of West Frankfort was delayed Tuesday morning because one of the attorneys involved is ill.
Judge Tom Tedeschi was expected to issue a verdict Tuesday. Rollins is accused of throwing a flammable chemical onto his then-girlfriend in August 2012 and igniting it, causing severe burns.
No new date has been set.