Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-age children.
The 49-year-old subjected a girl and a boy to multiple
incidents of abuse, with the girl targeted between 1993 and 1996 and the boy
between 2006 and 2010.
Dott appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday,
where judge Lord Harrower told him he had "robbed the complainers of a
significant part of their childhood".
Imposing a backdated sentence of seven years, he said Dott's
behaviour had involved a "gross violation of trust".
A five-day trial heard that Dott exposed himself in front of
both children, touched them inappropriately and kissed them.
In August, he was found guilty of two counts of lewd,
indecent and libidinous behaviour towards them.
During the trial, jurors heard from one of Dott's victims, a
woman now in her 40s.
She told the court that Dott had sexually abused her on
multiple separate occasions while she was a child.
The second victim, a man who is now in his late 20s, said he
was sexually abused by Dott on multiple occasions.
Dott had denied the charges but was found guilty by the
jury.
Lord Harrower remanded him in custody, and his name was
added to the sex offenders register.
Dott, who turned professional in 1994, won the World Snooker
Championship in 2006, defeating Peter Ebdon in the final at the Crucible in
Sheffield.
He reached the final in two other years but was beaten by
Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2004 and Neil Robertson in 2010.
Following his conviction, Dott's name was removed from World
Snooker's Hall of Fame.
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