A mother who has spent the last three years looking for answers to why and how her daughter died on the streets of London has demanded a new inquest.

Jean Pearson's daughter, Kelly, a drug addict, was found dead in Soho in November, 1999.

Kelly, aged 31, was taken by police from the family's Baildon home to the capital on an expired warrant for her arrest.

Once in Court, officers realised the mistake and freed her.

But Mrs Pearson, pictured, of Dewhirst Close, has written to the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith QC, demanding a new inquest is held because she believes that some information was not bought to the coroner's attention at an inquest last April - at which a jury returned a verdict of misadventure.

The Attorney General can consent to quash an inquest verdict and order a fresh inquest "in the interests of justice".

At last year's inquest, an officer from the Inner London Probation Service said they had issued a travel warrant for Kelly so she could return home.

But Mrs Pearson has not been allowed to see documents to prove a travel warrant was raised.

She has arranged a meeting with Stephen Moran, London Probation Area's investigating officer, to discuss the case, although he will not reveal his findings before a report is sent to Mrs Pearson's solicitors next week.

"They are not producing any evidence of the travel warrant at the meeting," she said.

"But I also want to know why probation officers were in discussions with the coroner before the inquest.

"This is highly irregular and another reason why I want another inquest."

A London Probation Area spokesman said: "It has always been the investigating officer's wish to meet Mrs Pearson but it has taken some time to arrange."

To add to her misery, Mrs Pearson was recently burgled.

"They took nothing of value but the drawers where I keep cuttings and letters about Kelly had been rifled through," she said. "I was very distressed and thought it peculiar."

Shipley Labour MP Chris Leslie has promised to support an inquiry into Kelly's death after the inquest.

He has written to police in London, West Yorkshire and the British Transport Police, which issued the original warrant. He has also written to Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court to discuss the case.

He is still waiting for a reply from the Metropolitan Police.