James Tim
Norman, a former star of the reality television show Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,
was convicted of arranging the shooting death of his nephew Andre Montgomery.
Both Norman and Andre starred in the OWN reality show that dealt with the lives
of people involved with a popular soul food business. Norman was charged with
conspiracy to commit-murder-for hire, murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit
mail and wire fraud.

Who is
James Tim Norman?

James Tim
Norman was born in 1979 in St. Louis, Missouri and is 43 years old. The former
reality TV star is up for sentencing soon and may receive life in prison.
Prosecutors are not vying for the death penalty.

Welcome to
Sweetie Pie’s is a reality TV show based on Sweety Pie’s, a business started by
James Tim Norman’s mother and Andre Montgomery’s grandmother Robbie Montgomery.
According to federal prosecutors, James Tim Norman hired to people to kill the 21-year-old
Andre Montgomery and then try to cash a $450,000 dollar insurance policy in his
name.

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According
to Norman’s testimony, he helped his nephew, Andre, to move to St. Louis nearly
18 months prior to his murder. Norman further said that he had helped his
nephew to financially sustain himself during this time and said that he thought
of himself as a “father figure” to his brother’s son, Andre.

Norman had
testified on Tuesday that he took out the life insurance policy on his nephew
in order to give, Wail Rebhi Yaghnam, a long-time customer of the family
restaurants, some business. In July this year, Yaghnam pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and wire fraud in the case.

Prosecutors
say James Tim Norman had paid $10,000 to an exotic dancer named Terica Ellis, to
lure his nephew to the site where he was shot and that Norman paid $5,000 to
Travell Anthony Hill to shoot Montgomery.

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James Tim
Norman’s sentencing is set for December 15. Norman’s attorney Michael Leonard
said that he was “extremely surprised and disappointed in the outcome” of the
case, adding that Norman’s legal team plans to appeal the conviction.