Couple ‘wanted to keep’ surrogacy twin

The Australian biological parents of twins caught up in a surrogacy scandal in Thailand wanted both babies but the surrogate mother threatened to involve the police and they feared she would keep both children, they said yesterday.

David and Wendy Farnell were speaking publicly for the first time since the story broke more than a week ago of seven-month-old baby Gammy, who has Down syndrome and is being cared for by his surrogate mother in Thailand.

The couple told Australian television they felt they had little choice but to leave Thailand with Gammy’s healthy sister.