Top doctor who hit his wife 24 times is spared jail  Brute: Dr
Stuart Brown attacked his wife, punching her 24 times A senior
doctor who savagely beat up his wife after they argued about
buying a new car has escaped a prison sentence.  Anaesthetics
consultant Stuart Brown, 37, threw his wife to the floor and
punched her at least 24 times as she lay at his feet.  He
claimed a "red mist" descended after she went to sleep in the
spare bedroom.  The vicious assault on Carol Mcewan followed
regular verbal and physical abuse during their seven-year
marriage.  But Brown, 37, who is thought to earn £100,000 a
year, walked free from court after being ordered to pay her just
£500 in compensation.  Magistrates decided against jailing him
because he had no prior convictions and was of previous "good
character".  Presiding magistrate John Warne told him: "No
punishment this court could enforce could come anywhere near the
impact you feel this had on you, your profession and your
colleagues."  The case was heard in the sam