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Posted on 02/11/2015 11:30:41 AM PST by the scotsman
'The captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Captain Francesco Schettino was at the helm when the ship hit rocks and sank in 2012, killing 32 people.
He was accused of taking the liner too close to the shore and then abandoning ship with passengers and crew still on board.
Schettino denied the charges and said he was being made a scapegoat.'
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Seems a pretty harsh to me.
That was an expensive girlfriend.
“Seems a pretty harsh to me.”
Seriously? 32 people lost their lives. He was the captain, his responsibility. I thought he got off kinda light.
He ran his ship onto the rocks and then made sure he was in one of the first boats heading for shore, leaving his passengers behind. What do you think he should have gotten?
Good
Yeah but it’s 16 years for being a fool.
Good, I wonder if his gal pal was worth it?
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The rat that deserted the sinking ship.
Good .
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Bravo
Captain Francesco Schettino was at the helm when the ship hit rocks and sank ...
or was he with a blond babe drinking booze at a bar ?
I would think the cruise line and insurance company would see to it he never sees the light of day again. He cost them billions.
(And relatives of the deceased have their own take on this hot-dogger also.)
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six months a death? he got off lightly
Wasn’t he the guy who ran away as soon as the trouble started, whined and complained when the local shore commander tried to order him to get his sorry butt back to the ship, and cooked up a story about accidentally falling into a lifeboat?
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