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Fabiola Russo as she appears on the cover of the Italian magazine Oggi.

25 JAN: The wife of Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino has defended her husband in an Italian magazine interview, saying he is "not a monster".

Fabiola Russo spoke out as calls increased for prosecutors to widen their probe into the Costa Concordia luxury liner disaster, in which 16 people are confirmed dead and another 16 people still missing.

In an interview with glossy Italian weekly Oggi, Mrs Russo said there was a witch-hunt against her husband, who is under investigation for alleged multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing a shipwreck.

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