Taylor drove a stolen Mazda to the Bottle-O in Hillside Rd and waited in Helena St as two of his colleagues used bolt cutters to access the shop’s storage area.
They loaded seven crates of beer into the car but while they were doing so, a member of the public confronted them and called police.
A patrol unit saw Taylor, driving with the headlights off, turn into Hillside Rd and signalled for him to stop.
He accelerated away through residential streets, almost hitting another motorist at one point.
Taylor sped along Melbourne St - a narrow road - and hit the kerb while negotiating a chicane designed to slow traffic.
It caused the Mazda to spin clockwise, skidding out of control at up to 92kmh.
Court documents said the vehicle mounted the kerb and careened through a driveway until it slammed into a power pole and a concrete wall.
The brunt of the impact was taken by the rear left of the car, where McClelland was seated.
He died at the scene.
When police arrived at the crash site, they found one man trying to climb out of the wreckage, another ran off and was apprehended at a nearby cordon. A third was unconscious.
Taylor was found hiding by a police dog, the court heard.
Thomas Bridgman, 25, pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to eight months’ home detention and 100 hours community work.
The other man accused of breaking into the liquor store has pleaded not guilty.
Charges against a fourth passenger were dropped.
Taylor, who had been on bail, was convicted of manslaughter and burglary and remanded in custody ahead of sentencing in June.
