Italian Cruise Ship Captain Sentenced

Giuseppe Sotgiu was the master of the OSV Asso.

Italian cruise ship captain sentenced. In 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Tuscany claiming 32 lives. 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. Lawyers for Costa Concordia captain.

In 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Tuscany claiming 32 lives. Captain Francesco Schettino 52 remains on trial for manslaughter and causing the loss of his ship. 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.

Captain Francesco Schettino was this week sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter 234. Captain Francesco Schettino was this week sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter. 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. 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 an Italian-flagged OSV has been sentenced to prison for returning a group of maritime migrants to Libya their point of origin.

Captain Francesco Schettino was at the helm when the ship. Francesco Schettino was sentenced in 2015. 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.

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. 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. 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.