A top doctor who dodged jail following a blazing row with his partner has been suspended for two months.
Dr Graeme Holt, a leading hip replacement surgeon, bawled abuse at senior charge nurse Jennifer Joseph after watching Rangers beat Celtic 2-1 at Parkhead.
He began shouting and swearing at her after she found out his ex-wife had been at their home.
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Rangers fan Holt – who worked as a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon – had been buoyed by watching his side's away win.
He admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court and was placed under supervision for two years.
He was investigated by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) over the December 2019 incident.
A panel has now ruled his fitness to practise was impaired over his conviction of a criminal offence.
He will now be barred from working for two months.
His tribunal heard claims a ban would impact Holt's patients and an earlier suspension enforced by health bosses had seen 30 procedures cancelled.
Holt had originally gone on trial and denied any wrongdoing at his home in Irvine, but changed his plea to guilty after Miss Joseph gave evidence against him.
He had also been accused of assaulting her by seizing her by the neck but a plea of not guilty to that charge was accepted by prosecutors.
The surgeon was placed under supervision for two years by Sheriff Michael Hanlon as a 'direct alternative' to jail.
Holt had been suspended by NHS Ayrshire and Arran following his conviction but he was drafted back in due to staff shortages caused by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a written ruling, the MPTS said: "Doctors occupy a position of privilege and trust and are expected to act in a manner which maintains public confidence in the medical profession, and to uphold proper standards of conduct.
"In the tribunal's view, Dr Holt's actions which led to his conviction were wholly unacceptable and had brought the medical profession into disrepute."
They added: "We are satisfied that all of these factors are relevant to the proportionality of allowing Dr Holt to resume practice as soon as possible and to avoid patients being unnecessarily deprived of an otherwise good doctor."
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