Spy in a hole lot of trouble

A MAN in northern Mexico has had to be rescued after he trapped himself in a hole he dug so he could spy on his former girlfriend.

The 50-year-old spent days digging the hole in Puerto Penasco, a town on the Gulf of California, only to become stuck.

He had been ordered to stay away from his former girlfriend due to domestic violence charges and is now in jail.

The woman said that, over the course of a week, she had heard scratching noises but assumed it was cats. But when she investigated she found her former partner trapped below.