Doreen Lawrence says it was ‘deeply painful’ to learn undercover police spied on her family

Stephen Lawrence's mother tells spycops inquiry Met police's priorities after her son's murder were completely misplaced'

The mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told a public inquiry that she found it deeply painful" to discover that police had deployed undercover officers to spy on her family and their campaign to get his killers prosecuted.

Doreen Lawrence said the police's priorities were completely misplaced" and they should have been concentrating on bringing the racist murderers of her son to justice.