Italian Cruise Ship Captain Sentenced

Captain Francesco Schettino 52 remains on trial for manslaughter and causing the loss of his ship.

Italian cruise ship captain sentenced. Captain Francesco Schettino was on the bridge when the ship hit. Captain Francesco Schettino was at the helm when the ship. The captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Lawyers for Costa Concordia captain. The former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner has been sentenced to 16 years in prison by Italys highest court for his role in the 2012 shipwreck which killed 32 people off the Tuscan. GROSSETO Italy - The captain of the capsized Costa Concordia luxury liner was handed a prison sentence of 16 years and one month on Wednesday after being convicted of multiple counts of.

ROME -- Italian Captain Francesco Schettino was found guilty today for causing the fatal shipwreck of the Costa Concordia and sentenced to 16 years in prison according to a three-judge panel. Giuseppe Sotgiu was the master of the OSV Asso. The captain of the capsized Costa Concordia luxury liner has been given a 16-year prison sentence for manslaughter for his role in a 2012 shipwreck near an Italian island.

The captain of an Italian-flagged OSV has been sentenced to prison for returning a group of maritime migrants to Libya their point of origin. The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship was convicted Wednesday of multiple charges of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in jail Italian court officials said. Francesco Schettino was sentenced in 2015.

Captain Francesco Schettino was this week sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter. In 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Tuscany claiming 32 lives. The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship was convicted Wednesday and sentenced to 16 years in prison for the 2012 wreck of the Italian liner.

Italys highest court has upheld the 16-year jail sentence given to the captain of the Costa Concordia which capsized in 2012 killing 32 people. He is also seeking a plea bargain to reduce a possible jail sentence. The captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison.