Thursday, April 28, 2016

Costa Concordia crash captain seeks to overturn conviction at appeal trial

An appeal trial is getting underway in Italy for the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which capsized killing 32 people in 2012.

Francesco Shettino is seeking to overturn his conviction for manslaughter, causing a maritime accident and abandoning ship.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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