ELDERLY people who have been burgled are twice as likely to die within two years because of related trauma, a report has revealed.

A Californian man who was embroiled in a transatlantic battle to adopt twin girls over the Internet has admitted sexually molesting a female baby sitter.

Kiara and Keyara Wecker, the Internet twin girls once at the centre of a transatlantic custody battle, were back in the United States yesterday after spending most of their lives away from their natural parents.