Letter: Sock mystery solved

Sir: Your report about the S&M sock fetishists and their hoard of 10,000 socks (3 June) was a great relief to those of us who have been puzzled for years about the inexplicable disappearance of odd socks from launderettes and domestic washing machines. Can the police now return my much-cherished Homer Simpson and Gazza socks (size 10)?

DAN WILLIAMS

Southend-on-Sea, Essex