26 year sentence sought for Costa Concordia captain

Prosecutors have asked a court to convict the captain of the Costa Concordia and sentence him to 26 years in prison for the 2012 shipwreck off Tuscany that killed 32 people, saying the term is hardly excessive given the death toll.

Prosecutor Maria Navarro made the request on Monday, saying the trial has proved that Captain Francesco Schettino “thought only and always about himself”.