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

The letter then provides a phone number for the author’s brother and claims his wife, who is also imprisoned, has been beaten.

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.