The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has said she "wants answers" after meeting the Home Secretary to seek an inquiry into claims police tried to smear her family.
Doreen Lawrence asked Theresa May for a "public and open inquiry" into the claims by a former undercover officer that her family were targeted between 1993 and 1997.
Speaking outside the Home Office afterwards, Mrs Lawrence, who was accompanied by her surviving son Stuart and her lawyers, described the meeting as "promising".
Theresa May will meet the family again soon "She said all options are open and she explained about the different reviews that are going on at the moment and how it could be expanded," she said.
"I made my point quite clear. For the past 20 years the fact that we as a family have been talking about corruption and we have undercover officers trying to smear our family.
"I want answers. I want to know who was the senior officer who signed that off.
"We had no idea this was going on from 1993 until 1997."
After the meeting, the current head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, confirmed he would meet with the murdered teenager's mother at Scotland Yard on Friday.
Earlier this week Mrs May said the claims could be investigated by two existing inquiries - a police probe into the activities of undercover officers and another led by Mark Ellison QC into allegations of corruption in the original investigation into Stephen's murder.
But Mrs Lawrence said she did not trust the existing police-led investigation into undercover officers and expressed her shock at the claim that her family was targeted.
"I felt sick to the stomach because it was not what I expected. We thought that we'd heard everything," she said.
Stephen's father, Neville, has called for a judge-led inquiry "This is just the tip of the iceberg now."
Stephen's father Neville has called for a judge-led inquiry into the smear claims, claiming that the current investigations are not enough to get to the truth.
Mrs Lawrence and her legal team will meet again with Mrs May, but they have not yet been given a date.
A Home Office spokesman said: "The Home Secretary is grateful to Doreen and Stuart Lawrence and their representatives for coming to the meeting today.
"The Home Secretary understands that these fresh allegations have only added to the suffering of the Lawrence family. She will now reflect on the best and quickest way to get to the heart of all outstanding questions and will speak to the Lawrence family very soon."
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