Costa Concordia: Capt Francesco Schettino ‘could be sentenced to over 2,500 years’

A court in Florence on Monday heard a request by prosecutors in the case to
have Capt Schettino, 52, removed from house arrest at his home in Naples and
returned to prison. Prosecutors argued that there is a risk he could try to
flee the country or interfere with evidence before his trial starts.

But the court also heard from defence lawyers who requested that he be
released from house arrest at his home in Meta di Sorrento on the Amalfi
Coast and be given bail.

They said there was no chance of Capt Schettino reoffending.

“There is no possibility of him committing the crime again because at the
moment there is no possibility of him being given command of a ship,” said
Salvatore Parascandola, one of his lawyers. “We hope that the court will
free him.” After a four-hour hearing, the court said it would make its
decision on Thursday (Jan 9).

Capt Schettino was not in court.

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