The mother of missing Bradford woman Donna Daniel has won the right to see documents which would help to solve the mystery of her disappearance.

Felicia Daniel, landlady of the Queens Pub in Manningham, successfully applied for the right to see the documents, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

Her campaign has also been boosted by a supportive letter from Prime Minister Tony Blair and, together with the Bradford Against Injustice campaign, she is planning a protest march in London on May 15.

Mrs Daniel has been told her daughter Donna died at a women's refuge in Kent in 1993. Because she was not in touch with Donna at the time she only found out four years later.

She now doubts that the dead woman was Donna, because she was the wrong height, had the wrong colour eyes and had never had children, according to an autopsy. She believes the authorities cremated another woman who had assumed her daughter's name at the time of her death. The whereabouts of her daughter remains a mystery.

Paperwork concerning the dead girl is filled with inaccuracies and inconsistencies, claim campaigners, casting doubt over the identity of the body.

The dead woman was cremated, not buried and the women's refuge where she died has since closed. The coroner who opened the inquest on the dead woman, Lionel Skingley, has since been convicted and jailed for fraud offences.

Mrs Daniel wants the inquest reopened so that she can find the truth. Getting access to the documents - which are with the Kent Coroner and Kent Police - will help her assemble a dossier for the Attorney General, who has the power to reopen the inquest.

She said: "I've had a letter from Tony Blair advising me to go through the Lord Chancellor's office, which I will do."

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