Jury finds son of Sweetie Pie's owner guilty in murder-for-hire plot to kill nephew

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After over 17 hours of deliberations, the jury in the trial of the son of Robbie Montgomery, reality TV star and owner of Sweetie Pie's restaurant, who was charged with commissioning a murder-for-hire plot that killed his teenage nephew in 2016, issued a guilty verdict.

, 41, was found guilty on all charges, including conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire resulting in death and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Missouri.

"Mr. Norman's crimes were motivated by greed and while the evidence was voluminous and overwhelming, Mr. Norman's plan was relatively straightforward. He fraudulently obtained life insurance in the amount of $450,000 on his nephew, Andre Montgomery, without Mr. Montgomery's knowledge, he then used a paramour to locate Mr. Montgomery and a co-defendant to fatally shoot and kill him. Within days of his nephew's murder, Mr.

Norman's defense attorney, Mike Leonard said his firm was surprised and disappointed in the outcome, given that Norman himself had testified extensively during the trial. "But we understand the work of the jury. We respect that. But it's with a lot of disappointment that I stand before you here today," Leonard said, noting that an appeal would be filed.

 

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