Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s Andre Montgomery died in 2016 and his uncle Tim Norman has now been sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire – here’s what happened.
Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s was a docu-series that followed the life of Miss Robbie Montgomery, the owner of the St Louis soul food restaurant chain Sweet Pie’s, and her family. The show aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network from 2011 to 2018.
What happened to Sweetie Pie’s Andre Montgomery?
Andre Montgomery was Miss Robbie’s grandson. In March 2016, he was fatally shot on a St Louis street at the age of 21.
Miss Robbie said her grandson received a phone call during a session at a recording studio in the house, and was told to meet someone outside. When he went outside, he was shot. He sadly died, but no suspect was found in connection to the shooting at the time.
Four years later, however, Andre’s uncle, James ‘Tim’ Norman, was arrested and charged with conspiring to kill his nephew after taking out a $450,000 life insurance policy.
Tim Norman gets two life sentences for ‘planned execution’
Tim Norman has been sentenced to life in prison and convicted of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, the LA Times reports.
Prosecutors alleged Norman took out a life insurance policy worth $450,000 on Andre Montgomery Jr. They told the court he arranged to have him lured to a street in St Louis, where another man shot him. Norman denied ever paying anyone to hurt his nephew when he took the stand during the trial.
A man named Travell Anthony Hill was sentenced to 32 years in prison after admitting he shot Andre Montgomery in exchange for $5,000.
U.S District Judge John A Ross gave Norman two life sentences, calling the crime “a cold-blooded, incredibly premeditated, planned execution of [his] nephew.”
Norman maintains he did not kill nephew Andre
Norman has continued to maintain his innocence. In an Instagram post, he expressed his “disbelief” at the situation.
In the post captioned “#innocent” he claimed: “The feds know 100% I did not do those insurance policies.”
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