AFP reported he broke down in tears in an Italian court on Wednesday in an appeal to judges to clear him of causing the 2012 cruiseship disaster that killed 32 people.
The master claimed to be the victim of a plot to make him the scapegoat for the capsizing of the ship after it hit rocks off Giglio.
Schettino faces a 26-year prison term if convicted of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship with passengers and crew still on board.
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