He was sentenced to 16 years in prison by an Italian court. ROME -- Italian Captain Francesco Schettino was found guilty today for causing the fatal shipwreck of the Costa Concordia and sentenced ...

Before the trial of Italian captain Francesco Schettino even began for his role ... killed 32 people and sentencing him to 16 years in prison. On the charge of manslaughter – the most serious ...

GROSSETO, Italy -- The captain of the capsized Costa ... While insisting Schettino deserves conviction and a stiff prison sentence, the plaintiffs' lawyers had lamented to the court that no ...

Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino was sentenced to 16 years in prison for manslaughter. Schettino was captain of the Concordia when it ran aground off the coast of Italy three years ago ...

When Captain Francesco Schettino allegedly abandoned his Costa ... could face 3 - 12 years in prison, according to the BBC. The SOLAS treaty dates back to 1914 — it was written in response ...

GROSSETO, Italy - The captain of the capsized Costa ... While insisting Schettino deserves conviction and a stiff prison sentence, the plaintiffs' lawyers have lamented to the court that no ...

The punishment for Francesco Schettino was 10 years less than the prison term sought by prosecutors, who told the court the Concordia's captain was a "reckless idiot." The three-judge panel handed ...

The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia ... asked the court to sentence him to 26 years and three months in prison. Schettino wasn’t present when Judge Giovanni Puliatti read out the ...

Francesco Schettino’s total prison term broke down this way: 10 years for the deaths of 32 passengers and crew members; five years for causing the shipwreck when he steered too close to Giglio ...