A Manitoba woman whose parents and brother were murdered by another brother is angry that her brother's alleged co-accused was acquitted.

Paulette Desrochers was in a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday night to see a jury convict her brother, Denis Jerome Labossiere, on three counts of first-degree murder for the 2005 slayings of their parents Fernand Labossiere, 78, and Rita Labossiere, 74, and their brother Remi Labossiere, 44.

The bodies of the three Labossiere members were found in the basement of their farm house in St. Leon, Man., after a fire in Nov. 26, 2005. It was later determined they had been shot.

"Mom, Dad and Remi were gone forever from my life. Nothing can replace the void, the pain, the heartache that I feel," Desrochers said in her victim impact statement to the court.

With regards to Jerome Labossiere, Desrochers said, "My grief for the brother that I loved so much that threw his life away because of his wrong choices is a heartache that will never go away."

"God might forgive you but I never will," she added. "I just virtually hope you relive my loved [ones'] last moments for every minute of your life."

Court was told that Jerome Labossiere wanted his brother killed because he was unhappy with how Remi was running the family's $1.3-million farm.

Hince a free man

But the jury found Labossiere's co-accused, Michel Hince, not guilty on all three murder counts. As a result, Hince is a free man for the first time since 2008.

"Basically what the justice system is telling you is that with a good lawyer, you can get away with anything," Desrochers told CBC News on Thursday.

Hince's lawyer, Evan Roitenberg, said the acquittal boiled down to what he said was shaky testimony from Jeremie Toupin, the Crown's key witness.

Toupin claimed that he and Hince were paid $10,000 by Jerome Labossiere to carry out the shootings.

But Roitenberg argued that Hince was not there and suggested that Toupin's older brother could have been a part of the killings.

"If his story wasn't believed, well, then there was no evidence left against my client," Roitenberg told CBC News.

With Labossiere found guilty of first-degree murder, he was automatically sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility of parole for 25 years.

As she read out her victim impact statement, Desrochers said she tried to study her brother's face.

"I knew this would be the last time I'd probably see him, and I'm still grasping, like, 'Geez, you know, show some remorse. Just show something,'" she said.

Paulette Desrochers' victim impact statement

Everything I have to say here today is what the last six years have been for me and my family.

My life changed forever on Nov. 26, 2005. Mom, Dad, and Remi were gone forever from my life. Nothing can replace the void, the pain, the heartache that I feel.

I will always grieve the last moments with my brother Remi, who's [sic] life was taken away too soon. I grieve for the denial of my mom and my dad's golden years.

I grieve for the loss of time with family and for the lost moments that my grandchildren will never be able to share with their great-grandparents and great-uncle.

I grieve for the lost moments with my brothers and sisters that were taken away from me because of how this tragedy affected everybody.

My grief for the brother that I loved so much that threw his life away because of his wrong choices, is a heartache that will never go away.

I wonder how could he possibly have been part of this terrible tragedy. What right did you have to decide their fate that night????

I will never be able to forget the brutality of events in which Mom, Dad, and Remi were taken away from us. It will forever haunt me.

There are no words that can possibly describe the ache in my heart or the emptiness in my life.

There are three generations of the Labossiere family that will be scarred forever.

I will never get a chance to say goodbye. It bothers me.

God might forgive you but I never will. I just virtually hope you relive my loved ones [sic] last moments every minute of your life.

I want to be grateful for family, friends and the special people out there that are walking with me in this difficult journey.

Mom, Dad and Remi I will always miss and love you.