SIR – I hope Manchester University criminologist Mark Littler didn’t waste too much time and money researching the relationship between regular church attendance and the likelihood of committing crime.

Surprise, surprise, it revealed the likelihood was low. It would have been baffling if the result had been otherwise.

What next, discovering that victims of crime are likely to be unhappy about it?

Perhaps the learned academic could turn his attention to some criminology research which might actually be useful to society.

Jane Collins, UKIP Yorkshire & North Lincs