Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino sentenced to 16 years jail

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The former captain of the doomed Costa Concordia gives his final, tearful address to Italian judges before they deliberate his fate in the mansalughter trial over the cruiseliner disaster that left 32 people dead in 2012. Mana Rabiee reports.

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• 12 Feb 2015
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Jail time ... Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino has been sentenced to 16 years and one month in prison for his role in the fatal shipwreck. Picture: AFP/Alberto Pizzoli Source: AFP

THE captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia has been sentenced to 16 years and one month in prison for his role in the shipwreck that claimed 32 lives.

Francesco Schettino, 54, was sentenced in an Italian court at the end of a 19-month trial, three years after the January 2012 disaster, which occurred after the huge cruise ship hit rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio.

His conviction is subject to appeal.

More to come.

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