Sewol ferry captain Lee Joon-seok (3rd R) sits with crew members at the
start of the verdict proceedings in a court room in Gwangju November 11,
2014
The captain of the South
Korean ferry which sank in April 2014 has been found guilty of gross
negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison.
The Sewol ferry was carrying 476 people when it went down. More than 300 died, most of them school students.
Lee Joon-seok was among 15 crew members on trial over the sinking, one of South Korea's worst maritime disasters.
Prosecutors charged him with homicide and called for the death penalty, but judges acquitted him on that charge.
Lee is in his late 60s, and with his jail term he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison
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