Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishA senior architect at a city council has been struck off after a wine-fuelled rampage where he chased a teenager with a meat cleaver and broke his wife’s ankle. Colin Doig downed almost three bottles of wine on November 20, 2022, before the terrifying pursuit which left a 14-year-old boy fearing for his life. He and the young boy had started rowing in the kitchen of a Dundee address at around 10pm that night, when the architect picked up a meat cleaver and told the teenager ‘come on if you are such a big man,’ a court heard previously.The raging architect proceeded to chase the young boy upstairs, who locked himself in a bathroom while Doig repeatedly kicked and punched the door. When his wife – who had been woken up by the noise – tried to stop his rampage, Doig pushed her to the floor twice causing her ankle to break. She later had eight pins and a metal plate inserted during surgery.After the incident was reported to the police, the architect was allowed to walk free from Dundee Sheriff Court because he was a first offender who pleaded guilty at an early stage and was in ‘continuous’ good employment. But now, following a disciplinary hearing carried out by the Architects’ Registration Board Professional Conduct Committee, 57-year-old Doig has been struck off. The committee heard that Doig, who worked at Aberdeen City Council, ‘picked up a meat cleaver, or similar implement, and chased the child with it’ in November 2022. Colin Doig (pictured) has been struck off by Aberdeen City Council after chasing a young boy with a meat cleaver and injuring his wife ‘The child then locked himself in the bathroom upstairs, and Doig repeatedly punched and kicked the door, and shouted and screamed at [the child].’Doig’s wife tried to intervene, at which point he pushed her to the body. This caused her to fall to the floor.’She tried to get up, but Doig pushed her to the body again, causing her to fall down again.’She called the police, and Doig went downstairs and waited for the police.’His violent conduct towards her caused her to sustain an unstable spiral fracture of the left tibia.’As a result, she had to undergo an operation, during which she had 8 pins, and a plate put in and was then placed in a moonboot.’ Prior to being stuck off, Doig has been in ‘continual good employment’ as a senior architect at Aberdeen City Council Doig’s conduct made his wife fear that he would kill the young boy, who told police he was scared for his life.The court heard that Doig – who is bipolar – and his wife had since reconciled.Concluding, the committee said: ‘In light of the above, including the seriousness of the conviction and the events which led to the conviction, the Committee considers that this is a matter which has material relevance to Mr Doig’s fitness to practice as an architect.’The Committee considers that the imposition of a disciplinary order of erasure would be appropriate to protect the public interest.’On the night of the attack, Doig’s wife had called the police ‘as she was frightened at what the accused might do,’ a court heard in June 2024. The perpetrator waited outside the property for officers, who found him visibly under the influence of alcohol. After being arrested, he claimed: ‘It was self-defence.’ During his sentencing at Dundee Sheriff Court, Doig was sentenced to 225 hours of unpaid workThe former architect was sentenced to 225 hours of unpaid work at his sentencing in 2024. Sheriff Tim Niven-Smith said during the hearing: ‘‘There was significant benefit from the plea because your wife and the boy did not require to be on tenterhooks about attending court.’The consumption of alcohol will never provide a defence and the consumption of alcohol will not provide proper mitigation. It’s clear you perhaps minimised the amount you had drunk when talking to the author of the social work report.‘You and your wife shared three bottles of wine and your wife told the police you had drunk most of it. The sentence is a direct alternative to custody.’
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