A prime surgeon who dodged jail after an Previous Agency bust-up along with his associate is to be investigated by a medical watchdog.
Dr Graeme Holt, a number one hip alternative surgeon, had a blazing row with senior cost nurse Jennifer Joseph after Rangers beat Celtic 2-1 at Parkhead.
He started shouting and swearing at her after she discovered his ex-wife had been at their house in Irvine, Ayrshire.
Holt admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive method at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court docket and was positioned below supervision for 2 years.
He'll now be investigated by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) later this month over the December 2019 incident.
A listening to quotation stated: "The tribunal will inquire into the allegation that, on 2 March 2020 at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court docket, Dr A was convicted of a home abuse offence and subsequently given a neighborhood payback order."
The tribunal will determine if his health to practise medication is impaired and what motion, if any, is required.
Holt had initially gone on trial and denied any wrongdoing however modified his plea to responsible after Miss Joseph gave proof in opposition to him.
He had additionally been accused of assaulting her by seizing her by the neck however a plea of not responsible to that cost was accepted by prosecutors.
The surgeon was positioned below supervision for 2 years by Sheriff Michael Hanlon as a 'direct different' to jail.
His lawyer stated Holt had turned to alcohol because of the stress of working 80 hour weeks at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, the place each he and Joseph labored.
Neil McPherson, defending, stated: "He did not realise, presumably due to an ego a few of us endure from, that he wasn't coping.
"With a view to relieve the stress, significantly on days off, he was consuming an excessive amount of.
"His behaviour that day had gone manner past what's anticipated of anyone and have become prison."
Holt had been suspended by NHS Ayrshire and Arran following his conviction however he was drafted again in as a result of employees shortages brought on by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The MPTS tribunal listening to in Manchester has been scheduled for July 11.
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