D Tuesday, November 24, 2009 METRO Swan minders put swans into a boat in Hamburg, northern Germany yesterday. The swans live in summer on the Alster river, but in the winter they are taken to a heated pond Picture: AFP swans set sail Boy, 4, expelled for being a thug A BOY of four called a thug by his teachers has been expelled from his school, less than three months after starting. The school in Preston, England, took the decision following two assaults on staff. But the youngsters mother says the behaviour described by teachers is totally out of character. The school said: Only on rare occasions would we exclude a child of four. RYANAIR was named the worst family brand yesterday in a list dominated by airlines. The low-cost carrier was said to put profit before caring for passengers and had a mercenary attitude to fees. It finished bottom of a UK FamilyBrands survey, along with Twitter, Royal Bank of Scotland and Sonys PlayStation, while Marks & Spencer did best. Low cost airline is last on family list Jean Charles deal reached THE family of the Brazilian shot dead by detectives in a case of mistaken identity have agreed compensation with Londons Metropolitan Police. Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes have been locked in a legal battle since he was shot dead at Stockwell station on July 22, 2005 . Mr Menezes, 27, was mistaken for failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman by members of the forces CO19 unit. It was speculated the payout could be lower than expected because Mr de Menezes had no wife or children and came from a poor background. Butcher gets life sentence for stabbing lover to deathBY ROSS McDONAGHA BUTCHER has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his girlfriend in the heart with a meat- boning knife. Amilton Leonel De Olivera pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of 31-year- old Kesia Gomes Rosa in Roscommon last year. The 37-year-old Brazilian national, of Lanesbor- ough Street, Roscommon town, had met the victim early in 2007, and they began a relationship. Ms Rosa, a 31-year-old mother-of-one had moved to Ireland some months earlier, and had began working at a meat factory in Ballaghaderreen. The pair moved in together, but on August 18 last year Ms Rosa left following an argument. She sought shelter in the nearby house of her boy- friends cousin, Valdivino De Morais. De Olivera went to the house that evening but was not allowed in. Ms Rosa refused to return home with him and his cousin told him to leave. De Olivera then spent the following day hanging around outside the house, and that evening asked to be allowed speak to Ms Rosa again. At 7pm, after consulting Ms Rosa, Mr De Morais agreed. The couple went into the kitchen and began talk- ing, but moments later, Mr De Morais heard scream- ing and Ms Rosa crying for help. He ran to the kitchen to find her sitting in a chair with a knife embedded in her chest, and de Olivera standing over her. De Olivera then removed the knife fled from the house, throwing it in the shrubbery outside. The court heard De Olivera brought the 22cm boning knife with him, carrying it in his waistband, after wrapping it in tissue so as not to cut himself. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html