Lewis Thomas, 22, of Milner Road, Dagenham, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court for multiple offences.
He broke into two Rainham residential homes and also admitted aggravated taking and driving away and dangerous driving.
Thomas, who was also uninsured and unlicensed was sentenced to four years imprisonment and disqualified from driving for four years.
He crashed the Audi he was driving into a tree, left the car and ran into a ravine in an attempt to hide from officers who had pursued him.
He was found hiding under a bridge after the National Police Air Service (NPAS) assisted officers on the ground to find him.
The court heard that on Wednesday, January 20, PC’s Danny Gee, Adam Lamb and Jordan Solanke of the East Roads Policing Team were on patrol when they were alerted to an Audi, that had been reported stolen, on the move in the Rainham area of Havering.
The officers made their way to the area and managed to accurately predict where the car would have headed based on the information they had.
When they spotted the vehicle it made off and a pursuit ensued where the vehicle sped up to 70mph, mounting the central reservation and travelling on the wrong side of the carriageway.
The car eventually collided with a tree and Thomas made off on foot along the ravine.
Searches by all three officers at two different addresses revealed further items including clothing and the victim’s ID documents stolen during the same burglary and also property from another residential burglary.
This provided a conclusive link between the suspect and the two burglaries.
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