Concordia shipwreck trial nears closing

Grosseto, January 21 - Closing arguments for the prosecution are scheduled Thursday and Friday in the trial of Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia which shipwrecked off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January 2012, killing 32 people. In Wednesday's hearings, Captain Leopoldo Manna, director of central operations for Rome's harbourmaster, testified that based on his telephone conversations with Schettino while the shipwreck was underway, Manna told operations center personnel he felt Schettino wasn't the "most suitable" person to speak to regarding the situation, and that he "seemed in shock".

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