Published: 17 Feb 2012 |
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Last updated: 2 Mar 2012
Costa Concordia
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An Italian court holds a preliminary hearing in the court case of the partially sunken cruise ship Costa Concordia. The court invited 4200 passengers and crew who were on the Concordia to attend the hearing.
The captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, is accused of causing a shipwreck and leaving the ship in a lifeboat while hundreds of people were still on board.
Schettino is currently under house arrest awaiting his sentence. Prosecutors have advocated 2.697 years in custody for the captain.
The Costa Concordia crashed on the rocks of the Italian Isola del Giglio on the night of January 13. Seventeen passengers died and at least seventeen are still missing.