Tim Norman, ‘Welcome To Sweet Pies’ Star, Found Guilty Of Murder-For-Hire Of Nephew Andre Montgomery

Welcome to Sweet Pies star Tim Norman has been found guilty of murder-for-hire, mail fraud and wire fraud by a jury.

Andre Montgomery, Norman’s 21-year-old nephew, was gunned down on March 14, 2016, in what the court concluded was a plot by the victim’s uncle to cash in on Montgomery’s life insurance policy.

The verdict took the jury three days and 17 hours to reach. Evidence against Norman included testimony from an exotic dancer he had allegedly hired to lure Montgomery, Terica Elis, and the shooter, Travell Anthony Hill.

Both Elis and Hill pled guilty to their role in the plot.

More damning, though, was the testimonies of Montgomery’s mother, Michelle Griggs, and FBI agent Chris Faber.

Griggs told the court that Norman had originally said that he wanted to mentor her son, “teach him how to be a man.”

She testified that Norman asked her for Montgomery’s birth certificate, diploma and social security number.

On the stand, FBI agent Faber produced text messages that showed Norman had asked about five insurance applications and sent texts to a cousin that revealed that during the hiatus of the reality tv show, Norman went through severe financial struggles.

A message from Montgomery to his grandmother reads “Tim is after me or something.”

Months before the killing, Norman had taken out a life insurance policy on Montgomery for $450,000 and attempted to cash it out after the young actor’s murder with assistance from an insurance broker Waiel Yaghnam.

Last year, Norman told a reporter through what was described as a “cryptic letter” that he had been targeted for his role during the 2014 protests over the death of Michael Brown.

Although prosecutors were pleased with the verdict, Norman’s defense attorney told reporters that an appeal is planned.

Montgomery starred with Norman on Welcome to Sweet Pies and was an aspiring rapper before he was killed.