Former snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuse

Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of child sexual abuse.

Last month, the ex-world snooker champion was found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school age children.

Dott, who won the World Snooker Championship in 2006, subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, with the girl targeted between 1993-96 and the boy between 2006-10 – both occurring in the area of Glasgow.

A five-day trial the High Court in Glasgow heard how the now 49-year-old exposed himself in front of both children, touched them inappropriately, and kissed them. He was found guilty of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards them.

On Tuesday, the Scot showed no emotion as he was sentenced, only nodding to someone in the public gallery as he was led away.

After he was found guilty in August, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) said it had permanently revoked Dott’s membership with immediate effect.

The WPBSA held an emergency board meeting on Monday where it was unanimously agreed Dott, who was suspended from all professional snooker activities in April 2025 pending the outcome of his trial, should be removed from the sport.

The WPBSA has also written to World Snooker Tour (WST) to request his immediate removal from the WST Hall of Fame.

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 on two further occasions but was beaten by Ronnie O’Sullivan in 2004 and Neil Robertson in 2010.

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