Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuse
Also reported by Guardian World
Summary
Graeme Dott, a former world snooker champion, has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing two children over a period spanning from the 1990s to 2010. The court heard that Dott manipulated and harmed his victims, causing long-term emotional damage.Key Facts
- Graeme Dott was convicted of child sexual abuse involving a girl and a boy between 1993 and 2010.
- He was sentenced to seven years in prison at the High Court in Edinburgh.
- The abuse started when the girl was about nine years old and the boy was about eight.
- Dott used treats and disguised abuse as games to control the victims.
- The judge said the victims suffered significant emotional trauma that affected their adult lives.
- Dott was 16 or 17 years old during the first abuse and committed the second abuse about ten years later.
- Dott denies the charges but was found guilty after trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
- He will remain on the sex offenders register for life and has been moved to a different prison after threats.
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