Note from 'Chinese prisoner' found in sock bought at Penneys store in Dublin

A note claiming to be from a Chinese prisoner has been found at the bottom of a packet of socks bought in Penneys on Mary Street, Dublin.

A customer of the store, Jason Heffernan, discovered the note when he went to put on one of the pairs today.

"I just put the sock on and felt something, and thought it was a receipt," he told Newstalk.com