Ex-world snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sex abuse
Jurors found Dott abused two children over multiple years, and Lord Harrower said the case involved a gross violation of trust.
- On Tuesday, the High Court in Edinburgh sentenced former snooker champion Graeme Dott to seven years in prison for sexually abusing two primary school-age children, following his conviction last month.
- A five-day trial at the High Court in Glasgow revealed the 49-year-old subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, including exposing himself and inappropriate touching, between 1993 and 2010.
- During the trial, Dott denied the allegations, stating there was "absolutely no way" he abused the children, though victims testified to multiple separate incidents of abuse that occurred while they were young.
- Judge Lord Harrower told Dott he had "robbed the complainers of a significant part of their childhood," labeling the crimes a "gross violation of trust" before ordering him onto the sex offenders register.
- Following his conviction, the World Snooker Tour Hall removed Dott, who won the World Snooker Championship in 2006, as the court remanded him in custody to begin his seven-year sentence.
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Ex-world snooker champion jailed for 7 years for child sex crimes
The 49-year-old was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh, where judge Sean Smith told him he "robbed the complainers (victims) of a significant part of their childhood". A jury in August found Dott guilty of subjecting a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse between 1993 and 2010 when they were pre-teens. A five-day trial heard that Dott exposed himself in front of both children, touched them inappropriately and kissed them. He was f…
Former world snooker champion given 7 years in prison for child molestation
Former world snooker champion given 7 years in prison for child molestationScotland's former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing children.The verdict was handed down at the High Court...
London, 29 Sep (EFE).- The former world snooker champion, British Graeme Dott, has been sentenced on Tuesday by a Edinburgh court to seven years in prison after proving that he abused two school-age children for years. Dott, 49, abused a girl between 1993 and 1996, and later [...] Entry Seven years in prison for abusing two children for former world snooker champion Graeme Dott was first published in HolaNews.
Former world champion Graeme Dott was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, for child sexual abuse. This was reported by British media, including the BBC.
The victims were a boy and girl of school age.
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