A Perth man lost his temper at a family karaoke party when a TV channel he was watching was changed, a court has heard.
David Darroch, 45, of Douglas Court, who was described by his partner as being “extremely volatile,” had been “infuriated” by the programme being changed.
Depute fiscal Bill Kermode told the city’s sheriff court people were singing karaoke and drinking alcohol at a family event on Friday.
He said: “At 1.50am on December 27, the accused poured himself a whisky but his partner asked him not to drink any more.
“The accused went into the kitchen and when he emerged one of the party said he was in a mood.
“The accused’s partner had changed the TV channel he had been watching and this infuriated him. She didn’t realise he had been watching this programme.
“Darroch started swearing. He was asked to calm down but leaned close to one of the party and told him to get out of his house. The police were then contacted.”
Mr Kermode said Darroch suffered a head injury in a road accident when he was aged 18 and that a side effect is ongoing anger issues.
“The accused sees a psychologist but his partner says he is unpredictable when he loses his temper,” he said.
Solicitor Cliff Culley, defending, said his client’s partner wished him to return to the family home.
“My client has only been going for anger management classes for four weeks and accepts that drink does not help things,” he said.
“He has learned a salutary lesson by this, as he has been in custody for two nights.”
Darroch admitted that, on Saturday at Douglas Court, Perth, he shouted, swore and acted in an aggressive manner, to the fear and alarm of his partner and a man.
Sentence was deferred until July 1 for Darroch to be of good behaviour.