A court in Piraeus, Greece, has sentenced the captain and first officer of the Blue Horizon ferry to prison over the tragic drowning of a passenger in September 2023.
The first officer, who pushed the passenger off the ferry’s ramp, received 12.5 years of manslaughter, while the captain was sentenced to over seven years for allowing the vessel to depart after the fatal incident.
The court rejected their request for a suspension of their sentences, ordering...