ITALY: The captain of the capsized Italian cruise ship Captain Francesco Schettino has been allowed to leave jail but is under house arrest, blamed by his employer for putting thousands of lives

Record ID: 335329

  • Title: ITALY: The captain of the capsized Italian cruise ship Captain Francesco Schettino has been allowed to leave jail but is under house arrest, blamed by his employer for putting thousands of lives
  • Date: 18th January 2012
  • Summary: GROSSETO, ITALY (JANUARY 17, 2012) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SCENES) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) EXTERIOR PRISON WHERE SCHETTINO HELD PRISON GATE NAME OF PRISON ON FRONT GROUPS OF JOURNALISTS OUTSIDE PRISON PRISON GATE OPENING AND GUARD COMES OUT (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) PRISON GUARD AND UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN COMING OUT OF PRISON AND SAYING: GUARD: "He's gone, he's gone." U
  • Embargoed: 2nd February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Italy, Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Crime,Disasters
  • Reuters ID: LVAAL4ONRP3JBODFRPDG6GCG17YQ
  • Story Text: An Italian judge placed the captain of the stricken cruise liner which capsized off Italy's west coast under house arrest on Tuesday (January 17, 2012), allowing him to leave jail.
    Captain Francesco Schettino was arrested a day after the disaster accused of manslaughter and abandoning the ship before all of the people were evacuated. Prosecutors say he also refused to go back on board when requested by the coastguard.
    "He's gone, he's gone" said a guard as he left the prison in the evening.
    Schettino had been in prison long enough for graffiti to have been sprayed onto the prison wall.
    "Schettino you shit" read the graffiti.
    Police escorted Schettino away from the Grosseto prison from a back door.
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