A WORKER at Bury's B&Q warehouse has been suspended in the wake of revelations that he drilled peep holes in the bedroom ceiling at the home of his teenage neighbour.

DIY expert Scot Johnson (30) was arrested after admitting drilling the holes and was cautioned for causing criminal damage. He denied using the holes to spy on 17-year-old Gillian Fegan.

The traumatised girl explained how her nightmare began when she returned from a family holiday in Turkey to find small mounds of dust on her bed.

Johnson, a married man working at the B & Q superstore at Bridge Hall industrial park, had drilled one hole above her bed and another above the wardrobe where Gillian got dressed.

She alerted her brother-in-law who went into the loft and saw the holes had been drilled and the area around them cleared of dust.

Gillian said: "He looked through them and said he had a clear view of my bedroom.

"I felt disgusted. It makes my skin crawl when I think what he could have been up to. My bedroom is meant to be a place where I feel safe, but he has ruined this for me." Johnson and his wife, Julie, have fled their Selkirk Road home in Chadderton and are staying with relatives until it is sold. He has twice complained to police that he is being harassed and there have been allegations involving threats.

Gillian, who works as a receptionist, is refusing to sleep in her room until the house is sold.

A B&Q spokesman said that Johnson, who features in B&Q's company brochures as a building customer adviser, had been suspended pending an investigation.

She stressed their action was not connected with the hole drilling and related to a matter concerning B&Q itself.

One work colleague said: "You would never have imagined he could have done something like this. He is just a normal worker."

Police have confirmed that Johnson was cautioned for criminal damage at the end of June.