Italian Cruise Ship Captain Sentenced

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.

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

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

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 Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Captain Francesco Schettino was this week sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter.

Skipper of cruise ship that sank off coast of Italy in 2012 killing 32 people has been sentenced to total of 16 years in jail. Giuseppe Sotgiu was the master of the OSV Asso. Captain Francesco Schettino was at the helm when the ship.

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. 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. Francesco Schettino was sentenced in 2015.