A passenger in a stolen vehicle involved in a fatal crash while trying to escape from police has appeared in court after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Thomas Urbaniak, 26, had been in a stolen Land Rover being driven by his father Marcin Jablonski, 44, who was trying to flee police when it crashed into a Nissan Juke on the A143 near Earsham.
Urbaniak, who has been charged with aggravated vehicle taking in relation to the incident, failed to appear at Norwich Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing on September 14 and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
He had twice been granted bail by magistrates.
Urbaniak, from Newmarket, was later arrested and appeared in court on Thursday (September 21) when he entered a not guilty plea to aggravated vehicle taking.
He was remanded in custody.
As previously reported, Jablonski has admitted causing death by dangerous driving, as well as causing death while driving with no insurance and while driving while disqualified.
He also admitted aggravated vehicle taking of the Land Rover in Newmarket on Friday, August 11, and criminal damage, of £6,000 worth of crops, which were destroyed when he drove the Land Rover into a field in a bid to escape from police.
Jablonski, of Mutfordwood Lane, Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft, was told custody was "inevitable" in this case "given the seriousness of this offending".
He will be sentenced on December 4.
The incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) by Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies, as is standard procedure.
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