A pet owner claimed she rescued her missing dog by using an animal psychic to locate it.

Nikki Newcombe, 35, spent a week digging and using thermal imaging cameras to find her missing Jack Russell Marmite but failed.

In desperation, she rang animal psychic Pea Horsley, 35, who claims to be able to telepathically communicate with any species.

The clairvoyant claimed to see pictures of Marmite's location and the route he had taken, despite being 100 miles away.

She said the dog was wedged in a man-made hole with water at the bottom and concrete around it.

Miss Newcombe, a sales manager who lives with her daughter in Walsall, in the west midlands, followed the route she thought the London-based psychic had described.

She arrived at the locks of a disused canal a mile from her home, looked around and realised where the clairvoyant had meant her dog was trapped.

Miss Newcombe found Marmite trapped in a shaft below a narrow section of the sluice gate and called for the fire service.

Firemen managed to lower Marmite's basket into the chamber inside the canal sluice gate and coax the dog into getting inside.

Marmite had lost some weight but was otherwise unharmed.

Miss Newcombe said: "We did all the logical things to track him down, so we decided to resort to other means.

"The medium explained to us the route he had taken from my house and detailed landmarks he had passed on the way.

"I just followed the trail she had given me and I was there within an hour after a whole week of fruitless searching.

"The dog was jumping up and down, really excited to see us, hopping and barking: obviously keen to get out.

"I definitely believe in the psychic world now - it was incredible the way he was found."

Miss Horsley said: "Just by connecting with Marmite I could get a sense that that he was still alive, but he was trapped somewhere.

"He felt cold, it was dark and he felt quite exhausted."