A teenager has pleaded guilty to causing a fatal hit-run crash that claimed the lives of a recently married couple, after he ran a red light in a stolen car.

Eric Victorsen, 19, on Monday admitted he was responsible for the deaths of Matt Goland and Bita Zaeim, who were killed when a stolen Lexus SUV smashed into their Holden Commodore in Wantirna South in the early hours of April 21.



Mr Goland, 38, died at the scene while Ms Zaeim, 32, died in hospital. The couple, from The Basin, had been married one year.

Matt Goland, 38, and Bita Zaeim, 32, after their wedding in Bali.

Victorsen appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to two charges of culpable driving causing death, and single counts of car theft and failing to stop at the scene of an accident. Other charges were struck out, the court confirmed.