A MAN has pleaded guilty to stealing and crashing a car into a Christchurch house.

Neil Kavanagh from Beauford Road in Southbourne, admitted aggravated vehicle taking and three other motoring charges, including failing to give a breath specimen on Wednesday.

The 28-year-old was remanded in custody at Bournemouth Magistrates court until sentencing at the Crown Court on March 28.

Kavanagh was driving his girlfriend's Red Ford Fiesta when it demolished part of a house in Purewell. His defence told the hearing a tyre burst.