An Italian court sentences former Autostrade per l’Italia executive Giovanni Castellucci to 12 years in prison over the 2018 collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, which killed 43 people. Multiple outlets report the sentence follows a trial of dozens of defendants connected to the disaster, one of Italy’s most notorious infrastructure accidents. The BBC and others describe Castellucci as the former head of the motorway operator that managed the bridge at the time of the collapse.
France 24 reports the court convicts 32 defendants in total, while 25 others are acquitted or cleared. Several sources say Castellucci is convicted for offences including vehicle homicide and negligence, and that the proceedings involved 57 people being tried over the disaster. Reporting across outlets indicates the collapse occurred in 2018, roughly eight years before the sentencing, and that the court’s decision is presented as a major milestone in the case. The outlets provide consistent details about the defendant, sentence length, location, and death toll, while emphasizing different aspects of the broader group of convictions.
