‘Dangerous’ snooker paedophile Graeme Dott handed ‘everlasting’ punishment after intercourse abuse
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been kicked out of the sport’s Hall of Fame after being convicted of sexually abusing two children.
Dott, 49, who won the title in 2006, was remanded in custody pending sentencing next month after a jury found him guilty of two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and boy between 1993 and 2010.
The five-day trial heard the player exposed himself and inappropriately touched a primary school girl in the 1990s and attacked a young boy between 2006 and 2010.
World Snooker said Dott – who police described as a ‘dangerous individual’ – will be removed from the list of players considered to have made an outstanding contribution to the sport ‘with immediate effect’.
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association said it had ‘permanently revoked’ his membership with ‘immediate effect’.
That followed an emergency board meeting where it was unanimously agreed he ‘should be removed from the sport’.
Ronnie O’Sullivan (left) and Graeme Dott (right) pose with the trophy ahead of the Embassy World Snooker Final at The Crucible in 2004(Image: Getty Images)
Dott, from Glasgow, had been suspended from professional snooker since April 9 last year when the sport’s officials ‘became aware’ of the proceedings.
He was subsequently relegated from the professional ranking list at the end of the 2025/26 season.
The court heard how Dott sexually abused the girl on a number of occasions including touching her inappropriately and exposing himself to her.
The woman, now in her 40s, said his actions left her ‘shocked and scared’.
He had bought her gifts during the period of abuse.
Police contacted Dott about the allegations in 2001 but no charges were brought. She gave a new statement last year.
Dott found guilty(Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)
The boy said Dott began abusing him when he was about eight shortly after the snooker player had won the world title.
The man, now in his 20s, said he was abused in a shower and a car and Dott gave him food, drinks and money.
Lewd and libidinous practices refer to any sex crimes against children committed prior to December 1 2010.
The offence was abolished in 2009 but is still used for offences committed before then.
Dott denied the allegations which he called ‘disgusting’.
He started playing snooker aged eight after getting a miniature table for Christmas, made his first 100 break at 13, was British U19 champion at 15 and turned professional two years later in 1994.
Married Dott – whose nickname was The Pocket Dynamo – spent more than three decades on the snooker circuit and reached his first World Championship final in 2004 where he was beaten by Ronnie O’Sullivan.
He became world champion for the first and only time in 2006, won the China Open the following year and subsequently reached a career-high world ranking of No2.
