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		</div><p>An Italian appeals court has upheld the conviction and 16-year prison sentence for the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany in 2012, killing 32 people.</p>
<p>Prosecutors had sought 27 years and three months for Captain Francesco Schettino, but the court kept the original sentence, according to the ANSA news agency.</p>
<p>Both the prosecution and defence appealed against the conviction by a lower court last year.</p>
<p>The prosecution sought to toughen the sentence while the defence argued that blame did not fall solely on Schettino.</p>
<p>The Italian remains free and has one final appeal to Italy&#8217;s highest court.</p>
<p>Schettino was convicted of manslaughter and causing the shipwreck by colliding with a reef near tiny Giglio island and of abandoning the capsized vessel with people still aboard.</p>
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