Former snooker champion Graeme Dott on trial accused of child sex abuse

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How it spread - 10 original reports, 2 reprints

1. Tue, 18 August 2026

   1 report
   • breakingnews.ie11:28first to report
     Former snooker champion Graeme Dott on trial accused of child sex abuse

     The 49-year-old denies two charges against him related to two primary school age children.

2. Wed, 19 August 2026

   2 reports
   • dailyrecord.co.uk13:20
     Woman 'sexually abused' by Graeme Dott 'struggled' to tell anybody, court hears

     Graeme Dott, who won the 2006 World Snooker Championship, faces allegations of indecent behaviour against two children.

     1 reprint

     • aol.co.uk19 Aug, 13:08their copy
   • Anadolu Agency (AA)17:07
     Former world snooker champion goes on trial over child sexual abuse allegations

     Graeme Dott denies charges involving two primary school-aged children

3. Mon, 24 August 2026

   6 reports
   • The Guardian World14:11
     Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott found guilty of sexually abusing children

     Five-day trial at high court in Glasgow heard Dott subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse The former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school age children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, with the girl targeted between 1993-96 and the boy between 2006-10. A five-day trial at the high court in Glasgow heard Dott exposed himself in front of both children, touched them...

     1 reprint

     • rutland-times.co.uk24 Aug, 12:24their copy
   • Channel News Asia14:55
     Snooker-Former world champion Dott convicted of historical sexual abuse
   • Index.hr (Croatia)15:26
     Bivši svjetski prvak u snookeru osuđen za pedofiliju nakon potresnih svjedočenja

     BIVŠI svjetski prvak u snookeru Graeme Dott (49) proglašen je krivim za seksualno zlostavljanje dvoje djece od 1993. do 2010. Presudu je donio sud u Glasgowu, a kazna će mu biti izrečena u rujnu.

   • Al Jazeera English16:35
     Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott convicted of child sex abuse

     The 49-year-old was found to have subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse.

   • Vecernji list (Croatia)19:40
     Svjetski prvak suočio se s teškim optužbama: Proglašen krivim za seksualno zlostavljanje djece

     Njegova igra se potpuno raspala. U jednom je trenutku izgubio 11 profesionalnih mečeva zaredom. Na turnire je putovao noseći samo jednu košulju, jer je znao da će ispasti u prvom kolu. Svoju je formu opisao kao "beznadnu".

   • ABC News (Australia)21:24
     'A dangerous individual': Ex-snooker champ convicted of child sex abuse

     Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been convicted of sexually abusing two primary school children in Scotland in the 1990s and early 2000s.

4. Tue, 25 August 2026

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   • kentonline.co.uk08:43
     Graeme Dott removed from World Snooker’s Hall of Fame after abuse conviction

     The 2006 world champion was found guilty on Monday of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards two children.