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.
Francesco Schettino had claimed he was a scapegoat for the fatal ship disaster that saw him found guilty of manslaughter today.
As Emma Murphy reports, the Italian captain had said equipment and others were also at fault.
Schettino was convicted for his role in the 2012 disaster, which left 32 people dead after the vessel came too close to shore and hit rocks off the island of Giglio in Tuscany.
The cruise liner was only refloated in July last year, in one of the most expensive maritime salvage operations ever.
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