A teenager trapped in a car with a drunken show-off joyrider sent a last text to tell her boyfriend she loved him, moments before she was killed.

Mikeala Stevens texted her boyfriend just moments before she died (Picture: National)

Mikeala Stevens, 17, was terrified as her 18-year-old friend took her on a 60mph terror ride after going on a drinking and drugs binge.

She texted her boyfriend, Jemel, while she was in the back of the car, saying: âI ainât lying, believe me baby, please, if I die, you were the one.â

He asked her to phone him back immediately. When she did, he heard screaming, then there was a loud bang and the line went dead.




Mikeala was thrown from the stolen car as it hit a telegraph pole. Police found the driver, Georgia Marney, cradling Miss Stevens body in her arms.

Georgia Marney stole a car after a nightâs drinking (Picture: National)

Marney was jailed for three-and-a-half years.

The judge told her: âNo sentence that I can pass today will turn the clock back. I only wish it could.â

Mikeala was killed in New Addington, near Croydon, south London, on August 27 last year.

Marney, who had been drinking and taking cannabis at a party, stole her motherâs car before turning up at Mikealaâs house late in the evening, Croydon crown court was told.

Mikeala and a friend, Charlotte Reid, got into the car but a third youngster refused to go with them because Marney was âunresponsiveâ and âstaring at the windscreenâ.

âMikeala was screaming in fear and she and Miss Reid asked her to slow down,â prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse told the court. When Marney lost control of the car, Miss Reid was knocked unconscious and suffered serious leg injuries.

Marney was abusive to police when they arrived and refused a breath test. Yesterday, she admitted causing death by dangerous driving, GBH and three other charges.

The Recorder of Croydon, Warwick McKinnon, said: âYou ignored the terrorised screams from your friends to slow down, leaving behind a trail of devastation.â