SANDPOINT — The jury trial for a Boundary County man charged with criminal conspiracy and rape of a victim under the age of 16 has been vacated and continued to Aug. 11, according to court records.

The delay in the jury trial for Richard Cowell III, scheduled to begin June 9, comes after the defense counsel filed a motion to continue Monday, June 2.

Defense attorney Dana Bowes asked for the continuance, saying the defense had not received the preliminary hearing transcript materials needed “to properly prepare for the jury trial,” which had been set for June 9-13.

The transcript in question stems from a March 17 joint preliminary hearing involving both Richard Cowell and Katherine Cowell, in which the alleged victims of multiple sex crimes testified the pair had coerced them into se

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