MAY 15, 2017 — Former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino began serving a 16-year prison term Friday after Italy’s Supreme Court upheld his sentence and lower court convictions for manslaughter, causing a
FEBRUARY 11, 2015 — A court in Grosseto, Italy, has sentenced Captain Francesco Schettino to 16 years imprisonment for his role in the Costa Concordia cruise ship tragedy and barred him from
JANUARY 27, 2015 — Italian prosecutors, who are seeking a 26 year prison term for former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino, have asked that he be put in pre-sentencing detention, but he
DECEMBER 2, 2014 —A prosecutor in Groseto, Italy, plans to request over 20 years in prison for ex Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino for causing the January 2012 wreck that claimed 32
FEBRUARY 27, 2014 — Though Captain Francesco Schettino did not return to Costa Concordia when ordered to by a Coast Guard official on the night the cruise ship grounded, today he was
JULY 22, 2013 — A court in Grosseto, Italy, has accepted plea deals from five people charged with manslaughter in the Costa Concordia case. Thirty-two people died in the January 2012 loss
OCTOBER 18, 2012 — Former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino spoke in court for the first time today as a hearing continues in Grosseto, Italy, into whether he and a number of
