A cancer specialist, who assaulted his wife days after finding her having sex with another man in a car, has been granted an absolute discharge.
NHS consultant Devraj Srinivasan, 42, had previously admitted the assault at Dunfermline Sheriff Court in August. However, he was not immediately sentenced because of the potential repercussions on his future career with the NHS.
The sheriff had expressed concern over “an unhappy situation” which could have meant the patients would be deprived of the consultant’s services. Srinivasan told cops to “come and arrest me” after the assault during a row about the couple’s divorce plans.
He had found his wife having sex in a car he had bought for her, the court was told. Srinivasan admitted that on 28 th July at his then home in Magnus Drive, Dunfermline, he assaulted his wife by striking her to the back and the head.
Depute fiscal Catherine Stevenson previously told the court that at 9.45pm the couple were having “an argument over their divorce and separation”. The woman decided to leave the room but Srinivasan approached her from behind. He struck her on the back and back of her head with the palm of his hand, added the depute.
She called 999 saying she had been assaulted. The call-handler heard a male voice saying, “I confess to what happened. Come and arrest me.”
Defence solicitor Calum Harris had told the court his client was a first-time offender and works as consultant oncologist with NHS Lothian.
He went on, “There were issues over an on-going divorce. He found out in March that his partner was having an affair.
“She’s been in a relationship with this other man while she and Mr Srinivasan were still living under the same roof. He caught them having sexual intercourse in a car he had recently purchased for her. This happened two days before this incident.
“It’s a fragile situation. He’s been a consultant oncologist with the NHS since 2015.”
Sheriff Grant McCulloch previously commented, “It’s an unhappy situation for everyone involved including the NHS and the patients.”
He had said he would not be imposing a sentence straight away as that could have “immediate implications” for Srinivasan’s career. Instead, he continued the case and ordered Srinivasan, now living at Bramble Crescent, Dunfermline, to stay away from his former home.
When he returned to court today for sentencing, Sheriff McCulloch granted an absolute discharge, which means that there is no conviction recorded. Srinivasan is a consultant in clinical oncology, specialising in treatment of head and neck cancers.
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