Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuse
Dott's abuse of the second victim - a boy aged about eight - began about 10 years later.
- ▪Dott's abuse of the second victim - a boy aged about eight - began about 10 years later.
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- ▪ Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sexual abuse — The Guardian — World
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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuseImage caption, Graeme Dott was sentenced to seven years in jail at the High Court in EdinburghPublished43 minutes agoFormer world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of child sexual abuse.Judge Lord Harrower said Dott robbed his victims of "a significant part of their childhood" and said his behaviour bore the hallmarks of grooming.Dott had denied two charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy between 1993 and 2010 but was found guilty following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.The 49-year-old Scot, who won the world snooker title in 2006, showed no emotion as he was sentenced, only nodding to someone in the public gallery as he was led away.<div…
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