article_snippet: Thomas Groome was a car salesman by trade, but often had little to live on, staying in friends' houses and  caravans, often without heating or running water.
article_snippet: But in 2009 Thomas Groome was awarded 150,000 Euros compensation by a court after Thomas Groome was found to have been abused in a care home in County Offaly, Ireland.
article_snippet: In the meantime, police began investigating Thomas Groome's disappearance after his family became concerned when his family were unable to contact his abroad.
article_snippet: Doreen Groome, Mr Groome’s sister, said: 'Five years of not knowing what has happened to Mr Groome’s and the whereabouts of Mr Groome’s body have been mental torture to the family.
article_snippet: Mr Groome daughter Sinead added: 'The people who did this were meant to care for Tommy.
article_snippet: The court also heard that Mr Groome, who had a long history of offending, was himself convicted of manslaughter after stabbing himself own son, Christopher, 19, in 1999.
article_snippet: Mr Groome previously described how himself watched Mr Groome son die in Mr Groome arms.
article_snippet: Mr Groome went on the run but was eventually caught sentenced to seven years at Dublin in 2004.
article_snippet: The term was reduced on appeal and Mr Groome was released the following year because of the time Mr Groome had already served on remand.
highlights_snippet: Was jailed for 16 years for manslaughter at Sheffield Crown Court .