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Ex-world snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sex abuse
- 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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Former world snooker champion jailed for seven years for child sexual abuse
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of sexually abusing two children.The 49-year-old Scot was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday. He showed no emotion as the sentence was passed and nodded towards someone in the public gallery as he was led away.A jury at the High Court in Glasgow found Dott guilty in August of two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour invo…
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