Italian Cruise Ship Captain Sentenced

ROME An Italian court on Wednesday convicted the captain of a cruise liner that capsized in 2012 killing 32 people of manslaughter and sentenced him to just over 16 years in prison for his.

Italian cruise ship captain sentenced. Captain Francesco Schettino was on the bridge when the ship. Schettino abandoned ship and was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison over the 33 deaths that occurred due to the disaster. Giuseppe Sotgiu was the master of the OSV Asso.

Captain Francesco Schettino was at the helm when the ship. Captain Francesco Schettino was this week sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter 234. 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.

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. 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. Captain Francesco Schettino was this week sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter.

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. The captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison. The captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

He is also seeking a plea bargain to reduce a possible jail sentence. Captain Francesco Schettino was on the bridge when the ship hit. 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. Francesco Schettino the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it crashed into rocks off Gigilo island Italy in 2012 killing 32 people has been sentenced to 16 years in jail. 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.