Man gets seven years for son's manslaughter

A 47-year-old Offaly man who fatally stabbed his teenage son during a drunken row was handed a seven-year prison sentence for manslaughter at the Central Criminal court today.

Man gets seven years for son's manslaughter

A 47-year-old Offaly man who fatally stabbed his teenage son during a drunken row was handed a seven-year prison sentence for manslaughter at the Central Criminal court today.

Mr Thomas Groome was found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of his son Christopher Groome by a jury at the Central Criminal court on 5 March last.

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