Costa Concordia Captain Found Guilty in Fatal Shipwreck
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Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images(ROME) — Italian Captain Francesco Schettino was found guilty Wednesday of causing the fatal shipwreck of the Costa Concordia and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
The verdict came more than three years after the Jan. 13, 2012 shipwreck near the Italian island of Giglio that left 32 people dead.
Investigators had harshly criticized Schettino’s handling of the crash, accusing him of bringing the vessel too close to shore when it struck rocks off the Tuscan island, tearing a hole in its side and causing the death of nearly three dozen people.
The 54-year-old captain was charged with multiple counts of manslaughter and abandoning ship.
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