Former skipper Francesco
Schettino was found guilty by a Grosseto court on Wednesday of
various charges related to the January 2012 Costa Concordia
disaster off the Tuscan island of Giglio and sentenced to 16
years and one month in prison.
Prosecutors had requested Schettino be sent to jail for
over 26 years.
The court also banned Schettino from commanding a ship for
five years and banned him from holding public office
indefinitely.
Schettino and his former employers Costa Criuses were also
ordered to pay massive damages to a long list of civil
plaintiffs, including Concordia passengers, central government,
the civil protection department, the Tuscan regional government
and the municipality of the Giglio.
The former commander was dubbed captain coward in the
media for abandoning the ship before all his passengers were
evacuated.
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