Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sexual abuse

Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott, 49, has been sentenced to seven years in prison at the high court in Edinburgh after being convicted of sexually abusing two young children, a boy and a girl. Dott, who won the world championship in 2006, was found guilty in August following a five-day trial at Glasgow high court on two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour. The judge described the offences as a 'gross violation of trust,' with the court hearing that Dott had inappropriately touched and exposed himself to both children despite denying the charges.