The former captain of the Jolly Nero
cargo ship, Roberto Paoloni, got 10 years and four months in
jail Wednesday for the May 2013 Genoa port control tower
disaster that killed nine people and injured four.
Genoa port pilot Antonio Anfossi got four years and two
months, first officer Lorenzo Repetto eight years and six
months, and chief engineer Franco Giammoro seven years.
They were found guilty of multiple culpable homicide, causing
a building collapse and attacking transport security.
Prosecutors had requested 20 years and seven months for
Paoloni.
The container ship crashed into the control tower and sent it
tumbling down on May 7, 2013.
Victims' relatives pursued Paoloni from court, shouting
"killers, killers, you killed nine people, it's not over".
The convicted, and the Ignazio Messina company that owned the
ship, were sentenced to pay almost six million euros in
conpensation to victims' relatives.
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