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Italian prosecutor seeks manslaughter trial for Costa Concordia's captain in deadly shipwreck

By: The Associated Press

Posted: 02/25/2013 8:37 AM | Comments: 0 | Last Modified: 02/25/2013 9:11 AM

FILE - This Jan. 13, 2012 file photo shows former captain of the Costa Concordia luxury cruise ship Francesco Schettino arriving at the Teatro Moderno theater for the second hearing of a trial for the Jan. 13, 2012 shipwreck in which 32 people died, in Grosseto, Italy. An Italian prosecutor on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 formally requested a manslaughter indictment against the captain of the Costa Concordia, which crashed into a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people. The prosecutors' office in Grosseto, Tuscany, also wants Francesco Schettino, the captain of the luxury cruise liner, to be tried for causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship while the frantic evacuation of passengers and crew was still being conducted. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, files)

ROME - An Italian prosecutor has formally requested a manslaughter indictment against the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which crashed into a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people.

The prosecutors' office in Grosseto also wants Capt. Francesco Schettino to be tried for causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship while the frantic evacuation of passengers and crew was still being conducted. A judge must decide whether to order a trial for Schettino and five others named in the indictment request Monday.

Prosecutors also said Costa Crociere SpA, the Italian cruise company, has asked for a plea bargain agreement which, if it was accepted, could see Costa pay a €1 million ($1.35 million) fine.

The ship went aground off the Italian island of Giglio during a publicity stunt.

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