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Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sexual abuse of boy and girl

From the Newshound archive · first published 29 September 2026 · last updated 30 September 2026.

Graeme Dott, who was sentenced to seven years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing two primary-school-age children.
Graeme Dott, who was sentenced to seven years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing two primary-school-age children.
Graeme Dott, who abused a girl between 1993 and 1996 and a boy between 2006 and 2010, exposing himself, touching them inappropriately and kissing them.
Graeme Dott, who abused a girl between 1993 and 1996 and a boy between 2006 and 2010, exposing himself, touching them inappropriately and kissing them.

Lord Harrower, presiding at the High Court in Edinburgh, told the court that Graeme Dott had 'robbed the complainers of a significant part of their childhood' in a 'gross violation of trust' that bore 'the hallmarks of grooming'. The 49-year-old won the World Snooker Championship in 2006 and was convicted in August of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour — one involving a girl aged nine and one a boy aged eight — across two separate periods between 1993 and 2010. Dott denied all charges, insisting the allegations had been invented, and remained expressionless at sentencing; he has been placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

The judge described offending that extended to penetrative sexual activity and, in the girl's case, conduct that 'would now be classed as rape'.

While on remand, Dott faced threats from fellow prisoners and was transferred to a different jail for his own safety ahead of sentencing.

World Snooker removed Dott's name from its Hall of Fame following his conviction.

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