Carl Williams’ daughter Dhakota charged after allegedly using her phone while driving
Dhakota Williams, the daughter of slain underworld figure Carl Williams, has been charged with a driving offence.
The daughter of slain crime kingpin Carl Williams has been charged after she was allegedly caught using her phone while driving.
Dhakota Williams, 21, was not required to appear at Melbourne’s Magistrate Court on Monday when her matter was briefly mentioned.
According to court documents Ms Williams was intercepted by police while driving a black BMW down Alexandra Avenue in Melbourne last August.
Police will allege she had her phone in her lap and was using the maps app at the time. She then produced a probationary licence.
Ms Williams refused to answer questions, including when police asked why she was using maps while driving, court documents state.
Judicial Registrar Alison Paton said Ms Williams faced a single charge of using a handheld mobile phone while driving.
She adjourned the matter to April 27.
The court appearance comes just days after Ms Williams celebrated her 21st birthday.
Images surfaced on social media of the glamorous, all-pink affair at Melbourne’s ritzy Emerson rooftop club.
The party featured a personalised cocktail list and a giant wall feature covered with balloons.
Ms Williams has more than 30,000 followers on Instagram, where she shares snippets of her life, including pennings a heartfelt message to her dad on Father’s Day last year.
Carl Williams was murdered in Barwon Prison in 2010 while serving a 35-year sentence for the murder of three men.
She was just 10 years old when he was beaten to death with the stem of an exercise bike by another inmate.
In an earlier interview with the Daily Telegraph she said she didn’t want people to think she was “going to be nothing” or that she had “deadbeat” parents.
“It makes me so determined to want to prove people wrong,” Ms Williams said.