Tag: Francesco Schettino

Final verdict looms for Concordia shipwreck captain

ROME, Italy (AFP) – The fate of the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise liner hung in the balance Friday as his defense lawyers prepared to sum up and Italy’s highest court readied its ruling. Schettino, dubbed “Captain Coward” by the press for abandoning the stricken ship during the 2012 nighttime disaster that killed 32 people, will be jailed if the court upholds his 16-year and one month sentence. His lawyers were set to […]