Trial of Costa Concordia captain to begin in Italy
The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia is due to go on trial in Italy today, some 18 months after the luxury liner ran aground with the loss of 32 lives.
But the hearing in Grosseto, in a theatre rather than the Tuscan town’s small courthouse to make room for all the survivors, relatives and lawyers, is expected to be immediately postponed because of an eight-day nationwide strike by Italian lawyers.
