A terrifying social media post of notorious Melbourne drug kingpin Tony Mokbel’s niece behind the wheel has surfaced after she was killed in a horror car crash.
Keana Mokbel died when her vehicle crashed into a tree on Southern Road in Heidelberg West in the Victorian capital at around 8:50 pm on Sunday.
Her uncle Tony is currently serving a 30-year sentence for drug trafficking and is said to have spoken to Ms Mokbel’s grieving family.
Family and friends gathered last night to mourn the 25-year-old at a memorial service at an inner-city church in Thornbury.
In one of Ms Mokbel’s latest posts, she shared a short video of herself driving one-handed while pretending to swerve the car before correcting course and smiling at the camera to indicate she was joking.
“All life flashed before my eyes,” the glamorous Ms. Mokbel wrote along with the video posted in late February.
Keana Mokbel (pictured), 25, was killed on Sunday night when her car crashed into a tree in Melbourne
The glamorous hospitality worker recently shared a post behind the wheel in which she joked about almost crashing
In another recent post, she wrote haunting lyrics to a song: “I gave my heart… speeding car going 90 in the rain”
In another post days earlier, Ms. Mokbel shared a photo of herself taken in a car’s rear-view mirror while sitting in the passenger seat.
In addition to the photo, she wrote the lyrics to the song The Color Violet by R&B artist Tory Lanez.
“I gave my heart… a speeding car that went 90 in the rain,” she wrote.
“She took my heart, filled it with nothing but pain… The beat in my dance is not for romance.”
Ms Mokbel’s immediate family – her father Horty, mother Rula, brother Anthony and sister Tatiana – along with extended family and friends gathered at Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Thornbury last night to pay their respects.
‘Unfortunately, a member of our community has passed away here in Melbourne; Kalliopi Keana Mokbel,” the church wrote online.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Kalliopi’s family at this difficult time.
“May she rest in eternal peace.”
Devastated friends and family described the energetic and popular Mrs. Mokbel as a “pocket rocket” whose smile “lit up the whole universe.”
Mrs. Mokbel is the niece of high-profile drug kingpin Tony Mokbel who is serving a 30-year sentence
Tony Mokbel, known for his involvement in Melbourne’s ‘Underbelly’ drug wars, has been notified of his niece’s death and has spoken to family (pictured in February 2006)
Mokbel, who is serving his sentence in Barwon Prison and is fighting his conviction, is not expected to make a request to attend his niece’s funeral
“You would bring my mood to your level of joy at times when I’m around you,” friend Joesphine Fotiadis wrote online.
“You would make anyone blush with your cute compliments and cheek. You were one of a kind, crazy and free, one in a million.’
Another friend, Helena Katsouranis, said Ms Mokbel was a “ray of sunshine.”
“You left too many people behind that I don’t know how to live without you,” she said.
“You called me your angel the other day and now you have become mine. I love you my twin flame and you will always have a special place in my heart.’
Rini Menidis wrote: ‘You were such a light and made an impression in everyone’s life.
“You always stood up for me and stood by me. I always looked up to you like you were my big sister. You’ll be in my heart forever, my girl.’
Friends and family have gathered at Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Melbourne to pay their respects
Attendees arrived early Tuesday evening at Ms Mokbel’s condolence service (pictured)
Attendees wore black in tribute to the popular Mrs. Mokbel
One participant uses hand sanitizer before entering the service at the church
Savva Pappas said Mrs. Mokbel was “one of the most beautiful people God has put on this planet” and that his heart was broken to pieces.
Mrs. Mokbel’s burial date has yet to be determined.
Her infamous uncle Tony, who is imprisoned at Barwon Prison and is fighting his conviction, is not expected to apply to attend.
The 57-year-old was rushed from his cell to hospital last month for urgent treatment, reportedly for a blood clot.
He was in a coma for 24 days after two 21-year-old inmates attacked him in Barwon in 2019.
Tony Mokbel is still suffering the effects of a traumatic brain injury from the attack, his lawyer Julie Condon KC told a court in February.
Tributes are beginning to flow for Ms Mokbel (pictured left), who was described as a ‘pocket rocket’ with an infectious smile who ‘lit up the universe’
A friend said they would miss Ms. Mokbel’s “100 Snapchats a day” dearly
He was found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison in July 2012 after pleading guilty to three counts of drug trafficking.
Six years earlier, he had been sentenced to 12 years in prison for importing a commercial quantity of cocaine from Mexico.
Mokbel did not appear in court for that sentence, but hid in rural Victoria for eight months before fleeing to Greece from Western Australia on a yacht.
He was finally arrested in June 2007 in a café in Athens and extradited back to Melbourne almost a year later.
Mokbel tried to appeal against his conviction, arguing that it was illegal to extradite him to Australia before his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights was completed.
Those bids were unsuccessful, but his 2006 conviction was eventually overturned by the appeals court in December 2020 after his former lawyer Nicola Gobbo was revealed to be a police informant.
Victoria Police said a report on Ms Mokbel’s death would be prepared for the coroner.