The captain of the capsized Costa Concordia luxury ship has been jailed for 16 years after being convicted of multiple charges of manslaughter.
Francesco Schettino, 54, was not present when Judge Giovanni Puliatti read out the verdict in a theatre in Grosseto, Italy.
The verdict and sentencing brought a close to a trial that has been running since July 2013.
Schettino was convicted of manslaughter in relation to the deaths of 32 passengers and crew, as well as of causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship. Many of the 4,200 passengers and crew were still on board.
Prosecutors had insisted Schettino was a "reckless idiot" and asked the court to sentence him to 26 years and three months in prison.
But the former captain told the court earlier he was being "sacrificed" to safeguard the economic interests of his employer. He then broke down in sobs immediately before the panel began deliberating.
The trial heard Concordia smashed into a jagged reef when Schettino steered the ship close to the Tuscan island's shoreline while passengers were having supper in the main dining room.
It gashed the hull, allowing seawater to rush in and the Concordia listed badly, finally ending up on its side outside Giglio's port.
Autopsies determined that victims drowned aboard ship or in the sea after either falling or jumping off the ship during a chaotic, delayed evacuation.
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Schettino said he was "a few hours from a verdict that should have involved an entire organisation and instead sees me as the only defendant".
Lawyers for many of the survivors and victims' families have attached civil suits to the criminal trial to press the court to order Costa Crociere SpA, the Italian cruise company, to pay hefty damages.
Additional reporting Press Association.
