Strike hits cruise captain's trial

The trial of the captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner has begun in Tuscany, in a theatre converted into a courtroom to accommodate all the survivors and relatives of the 32 victims who want justice over the 2012 tragedy.

The sole defendant, Francesco Schettino, his eyes shaded by sunglasses, slipped in through a back door and made no comment to reporters as he arrived for his trial on charges of multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing the shipwreck near the tiny island of Giglio.