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Costa Concordia captain’s house arrest extended
Costa Concordia Capt. Francesco Schettino is to remain under house arrest, a court in Florence, Italy, ordered on Tuesday.
Anne Kalosh, Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review
February 7, 2012
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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News
According to Reuters and other news agencies, the judge turned down prosecutors’ requests to return Schettino to prison and his attorney’s argument that he should be released.
Schettino faces charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship.
Seventeen bodies have been recovered from the wreck of Costa Concordia.
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