Andre M. McLean was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday for his part in the murder of Melvin D. Patterson in his Jackson Ward home in October. McLean’s wife, Genesis Astra Saunders-McLean, had earlir recieved a sentence of 31 years in prison on the same murder charge. Richmond Circuit Judge Bradley B. Cavedo found her guilty and on April 18 sentenced her to 31 years in prison. [via]

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Andre McLean told a grim story of how that night he went with his wife — an escort who hooked up with clients on the Internet — to the home of Patterson, one of her clients. After the three drank and talked into the night, McLean testified, his wife suddenly attacked Patterson from behind, choking him and wrestling him facedown onto a be