A junior doctor who ran over a dog walker and hurled abuse at him during a road rage row over a parking space is to keep his job.
Shah Ali, 41, deliberately drove at the 84-year-old man in his Mini Cooper and knocked him over when the pair went 'nose to nose' in their vehicles at a car park in Moseley, Birmingham.
Ali then sped off without checking on the elderly victim, known only as 'Mr P', who got to his feet and was later treated in hospital for minor injuries.
In April 2020 Ali, who denied wrongdoing, was given a suspended prison sentence after being convicted of dangerous driving.
Today it emerged the doctor had been suspended from practice for six months after being found guilty of misconduct charges.
He had previously escaped being struck off for poor performance and dishonesty after he lied in a job interview.
Shah Ali (pictured above), 41, deliberately drove at the man, 84, and knocked him over when the pair went 'nose to nose' in their vehicles at a car park in Moseley, Birmingham
The road rage incident took place in August 2018 after Ali, who used to work at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley, West Midlands, was driving out of Highbury Park.
The elderly man was driving a Volvo on an access road and had turned right to go into the car park intending to take his dog for a walk, but both vehicles then found themselves 'nose to nose' and the doctor 'saw red.'
Mr P got out of his vehicle only for Ali to launch a tirade at him.
The pensioner tried to explain he wanted to park in one of the two spaces available but was met with another 'diatribe of abuse' by Ali.
As the victim tried to pacify his dog who had started yelping in the back of vehicle, Ali revved the engine of his car, reversed slightly then drove towards the Volvo where he was standing by the open driver's side door.
At first it seemed the doctor, who works in medical administration, was going to drive round the Volvo but then changed the angle and struck the victim with the wing mirror of his Mini causing the victim to fall to the ground.
An eyewitness said the Mini's wheels 'were spinning up chunks of gravel all over the place' as Ali drove off.
Mr P fell to the floor but got up and walked his dog. He later went to hospital to be treated for a cut to his wrist plus bruising and swelling to his right hand.
At Birmingham Crown Court, Ali, of Birmingham, was sentenced to nine months suspended for two years, ordered to do 180 hours unpaid work, pay £300 compensation plus £2,800 costs and was banned from the roads for 18 months.
He later referred himself to the General Medical Council (GMC).
At the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester, Robin Kitching, lawyer for the GMC, said: 'Dr Ali lacks personal insight, although he has developed an understanding of how having a conviction of this nature reflects on the profession and public trust and confidence in the profession generally.
'This was the use
