Captain Francesco Schettino, who is charged with multiple counts of manslaughter and abandoning ship, arrives at an Italian court.<br/> <br />On Thursday his defence team presented a plea bargain to the judge, saying Schettino was willing to serve a jail sentence of over three years for his part in a cruise liner disaster that killed 32 people.<br/> <br />Schettino was at the helm of the Costa Concordia ship when it ran aground near the Tuscan island of Giglio in January 2012.<br/> <br />The state rejected Schettino's previous offer of a plea bargain in May, but accepted those of five other officials.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) VICTIMS' LAWYER, DANIELE BOCCIOLINI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Quite frankly, to put in for a plea bargain now after all that he [Schettino] said about confronting a trial, to me seems a bit strange. Clearly three years and five months just isn't acceptable, it needs to be something more than that."<br/> <br />The court is hearing from people and institutions who wish to be represented as pl
