Police smashed their way into a Perth property after locals reported screaming and shouting from inside.
Worried officers broke into the Bute Drive house after they were met with silence at the front door.
They found serial offender Paul Booth sitting in the living room.
The 30-year-old appeared at Perth Sheriff Court and admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive way, likely to cause fear or alarm, on January 8.
He shouted, swore, adopted an aggressive demeanour and made derogatory remarks to his then-partner Jill Clark, who has since died.
Fiscal depute David Currie said the argument was over the use of illicit drugs.
Booth was heard calling Ms Clark a “slag” and a “whore”.
Mr Currie said: “Police made efforts to rouse the occupants of the property,” said the fiscal depute.
“Ultimately the door was forced open and the accused was traced within the living room.”
After he was arrested, Booth told cops: “I was trying to get the phone off of her to call police and get her removed from my house.”
His solicitor said: “He can’t remember what they were arguing about, but he does accept he was shouting at her,” she said.
“He has stopped using drugs and is now clean.”
Three weeks ago, Booth was placed on supervision and banned from driving after leading police on a dramatic high speed chase past Stanley Primary School.
The pursuit ended when he drove his car into the back of a tipper truck.
Sheriff Francis Gill called for background reports and deferred sentence on the Bute Drive incident until November 17.
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