A Suffolk man has admitted causing the death of a woman after he crashed into her car in a stolen Land Rover while trying to escape from police.

Marcin Jablonski, 44, was in a £90,000 Land Rover Defender being chased by officers when he smashed into a Nissan Juke on the A143, near Earsham.

The Nissan driver, Aisatou Mballow-Baldeu, from Lowestoft, who was 28 years old, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jablonski, of Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft, appeared before Norwich Crown Court on Thursday where he pleaded guilty to causing her death by dangerous driving.

He also admitted to causing death by dangerous driving while uninsured and while disqualified from driving, aggravated vehicle taking and causing £6,000 worth of damage to a maize crop.

A police helicopter had been monitoring the Land Rover, which had been reported stolen in Suffolk.

It was also being followed by an unmarked police car with marked cars some distance behind, watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct said.

Judge Katharine Moore warned Jablonski: “Inevitably it will be a custodial sentence.”

He was remanded in custody until a provisional sentencing date of December 4.

In an earlier tribute released through police, Mrs Baldeh’s husband Bocar said his wife was his “best friend, and my soul mate”.

“We had so many plans for our future together that now, we will not be able to fulfil, and this is something I’m still struggling to come to terms with,” he said.

“Aisa will be missed by so many people.

“Our families, friends and I will forever keep her in our hearts and remember the beautiful and vibrant person we love and cherish.”

A second defendant, Thomaz Urbaniak, 26, from Newmarket, who has been charged with aggravated vehicle taking, was not present in court on Thursday.