Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2012 shipwreck. Schettino has been sentenced to 16 years in prison following the judgement.
The captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship had broken into tears as he made a final appeal to judges ahead of the verdict in his trial.
According to the Associated Press, Francesco Schettino told the court in Grosseto that he was "a few hours from a verdict that should have involved an entire organisation and instead sees me as the only defendant".
The 54-year-old then reportedly said "that's enough", appearing unable to finish his statement to the three-judge panel.
Schettino was not present at the time of the verdict, in which he was convicted of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship while many of the 4,200 passengers were still on board.
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