Labossiere guilty in family murders; Hince acquitted

A Winnipeg jury took only a few hours Wednesday to find a man guilty of three counts of first degree murder in the killings of his parents and brother, but acquitted another man on trial on the same charges.

Jerome Labossiere was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole after the jury in Court of Queen’s Bench delivered its verdict Wednesday night, just nine hours after beginning deliberations.

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Co-accused Michel Hince was found not guilty and will go free.

Fernand, Rita and Remi Labossiere were shot to death in their home in St. Leon, MB in 2005 and the house burned to the ground. Another accomplice, Jeremie Toupin, testified that Labossiere and hired him and Hince to carry out the killings.

Toupin admitted his role in the killings and testified against the other two men. He pleaded guilty to second degree murder and will be eligible for parole after 10 years in prison.