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GROSSETO, Italy — Five employees of an Italian cruise company were convicted Saturday of manslaughter in the wreck of the Costa Concordia, which killed 32 people, receiving sentences of less than three years. Lawyers for the victims and survivors criticized the penalties as too lenient.GROSSETO, Italy — Five employees of an Italian cruise company were convicted Saturday of manslaughter in the wreck of the Costa Concordia, which killed 32 people, receiving sentences of less than three years. Lawyers for the victims and survivors criticized the penalties as too lenient.
The guilty verdicts for multiple manslaughter and negligence were the first reached in the sinking of the cruise liner carrying more than 4,000 crew members and passengers near the Tuscan shore in January 2012.The guilty verdicts for multiple manslaughter and negligence were the first reached in the sinking of the cruise liner carrying more than 4,000 crew members and passengers near the Tuscan shore in January 2012.
The ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, the only remaining defendant, was denied a plea bargain and is being tried separately. He faces up to 20 years if convicted of manslaughter, causing the wreck and abandoning the ship.The ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, the only remaining defendant, was denied a plea bargain and is being tried separately. He faces up to 20 years if convicted of manslaughter, causing the wreck and abandoning the ship.
The five employees of the Costa Crociere S.p.A. cruise company were charged for their respective roles in the nautical maneuver that put the ship in peril, the response to the emergency and the evacuation.The five employees of the Costa Crociere S.p.A. cruise company were charged for their respective roles in the nautical maneuver that put the ship in peril, the response to the emergency and the evacuation.
The crisis coordinator for the company was sentenced to two years and 10 months. The Concordia’s hotel director received two years and six months, and two bridge officers and a helmsman got sentences ranging from one year and eight months to one year and 11 months.The crisis coordinator for the company was sentenced to two years and 10 months. The Concordia’s hotel director received two years and six months, and two bridge officers and a helmsman got sentences ranging from one year and eight months to one year and 11 months.
Prosecutors accused the crisis coordinator, who was not aboard the ship, of playing down the severity of the emergency and delaying an adequate response, while the hotel director was charged for his role in the evacuation, described by passengers as chaotic.Prosecutors accused the crisis coordinator, who was not aboard the ship, of playing down the severity of the emergency and delaying an adequate response, while the hotel director was charged for his role in the evacuation, described by passengers as chaotic.
The helmsman was blamed for steering the ship in the wrong direction after Captain Schettino ordered a corrective maneuver.The helmsman was blamed for steering the ship in the wrong direction after Captain Schettino ordered a corrective maneuver.