A pharmacist threatened to stab his wife in front of a schoolboy.
Tejinder Bhopal, 45, threatened partner Catherine Bhopal, 45, at their home in the upmarket Glasgow suburb of Newton Mearns.
Government documents reveal the pair are both directors of the Lyoncross Pharmacy in Glasgow, which is an NHS Pharmacy First Scotland pharmacy.
Paisley Sheriff Court heard the incident took place on December 5, 2020, at the couple's home in the area's Clover Place.
Prosecutor Maureen McGovern told the court that Mrs Bhopal returned to the property at 5.50pm, along with a 10-year-old boy.
He followed them into the kitchen, leaned towards her and said, in front of the boy: "I'm going to stab you".
She phoned the police and Bhopal, who runs the Lyoncross pharmacy in Polllok, Glasgow, was arrested after being traced by officers.
He made no reply when cautioned and charged with the offence.
Earlier this month, he pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive way by threatening his wife with violence, in breach of Section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing Scotland Act 2010.
The charge stated it was aggravated by involving abuse of his partner, as per Section 1 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016.
Defence solicitor Ian Cahill asked Sheriff Gerard MacMillan to adjourn the case without proceeding to conviction, to consider granting an absolute discharge.
An absolute discharge sees an offender receive no punishment or criminal record after pleading guilty to a crime.
The lawyer said a conviction would have serious professional consequences.
Sheriff MacMillan agreed to adjourn the case without conviction and said: "This leaves the possibility of it open, no matter how small.
"That leaves open the possibility of all disposals to the court."
Bhopal, now of Giffnock, will return to the dock next month.
NHS Pharmacy First Scotland is an NHS service where patients with minor illnesses are advised to seek advice in the first instance.
The Lyoncross Pharmacy page on the NHS website says it offers emergency contraception, free condoms, nicotine replacement therapy, Pharmacy First, supervised methadone supply, treatment for impetigo and treatment for Urinary Tract Infection (UTI).
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The General Pharmaceutical Council, who have the power to stop Bhopal from working as a pharmacist, told the Record they have an open case regarding him.
A General Pharmaceutical Council spokesperson said: "Our fitness to practise process is there to protect patient safety and to consider any future risks to patients and the public.
"If the information we receive raises concerns about a pharmacy professional’s fitness to practise, we will usually open a case and start an investigation.
"The types of concerns we investigate include criminal conduct.
"We will usually wait for the outcome of a criminal case before taking forward our own investigation and any actions.
"If we investigate a concern and consider that there is evidence to show that a pharmacy professional’s fitness to practise may be impaired, the case will be heard by a committee.
"The committee makes a decision about the case which may result in sanctions being imposed on a pharmacy professional's registration, including being removed from the register of pharmacy professionals.
"We have an open case relating to Tejinder Bhopal but are unable to discuss this further at this time."
