Grosseto, Italy, 22 Rabi'II 1436 H, February 11, 2015, SPA -- Italian captain Francesco Schettino was on Wednesday found guilty of the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner three years ago and sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment. Judges in Grosseto, central Italy, also inflicted on the 54-year-old a lifetime ban on holding public office and barred him from his profession for five years. The court ordered Schettino to pay millions of euros in legal fees and damages to a long list of plaintiffs, including victims and Italian authorities, together with Concordia's owners, Costa Crociere. The prosecution had asked for Schettino to be jailed for 26 years. --SPA 23:32 LOCAL TIME 20:32 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w