Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott in court docket over little one intercourse abuse fees
Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has appeared in court over allegations of child sex abuse, with the 47-year-old accused of two charges
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has appeared in court and been released on bail over allegations of child sex abuse.
Dott, 47, is accused of two charges relating to primary school-age children. The allegations span between 1993 to 1996 involving a girl, and 2006 to 2010 involving a boy, both in the Glasgow region.
Dott appeared at the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday, and had his bail continued. He is expected to appear again on June 11.
Dott won the 2006 World Snooker Championship, and was runner up in 2004 and 2010. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) announced last week that Dott had been suspended due to the case.
A spokesperson for WPBSA said: “Graeme Dott has been suspended by the WPBSA due to a case which is scheduled to be heard before the High Court in Scotland.
“Whilst court proceedings are ongoing, it would be inappropriate for the WPBSA to make any further comment.”
Dott has won World Snooker Championship once – beating Peter Ebdon 18-14 in 2006 to claim the title and the £200,000 jackpot. The game continued into the early hours, with Dott securing the title at 12.52am in the small hours of the morning.
The Scotsman has made it to the final on two other occasions. In 2004, two years before his sole victory, he was beaten by Ronnie O’Sullivan. While in 2010, he was defeated by Neil Robertson.
Dott also won the 2007 China Open, reaching his ranking of No.2 in the world. The Scotsman has appeared in eight other finals, most recently at the 2020 World Grand Prix, where he lost to Neil Robertson.
He was scheduled to play the winner of the first qualifying round tie between Wang Yuchen and Brian Cini, who will now receive a bye into the third of four qualifying rounds.
