The twins who were "adopted" over the internet by Welsh couple Judith and Alan Kilshaw will not be returned to live with their parents.

Hearings have begun to decide the custody of the 10-month-old twin girls who were adopted over the Internet, then sent back overseas to their birth parents.

The twins adopted by a British couple over the Internet should return to Missouri hidden from the public eye, the family court judge overseeing their case has said.