Former world snooker champion, Graeme Dott, has been found guilty of sexually abusing a girl and a boy when they were children in Scotland.
The 49-year-old was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow after denying two charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour involving the victims between 1993 and 2010.
The court heard during the five-day trial that Dott exposed himself to a primary school-aged girl and touched her inappropriately during the 1990s.
He was also accused of abusing a young boy between 2006 and 2010.
Dott, who won the World Snooker Championship in 2006, will be sentenced at a separate hearing in Edinburgh on 29 September.
He covered his face with his hands and shook his head as the jury returned the guilty verdicts.
He had previously described the allegations against him as “disgusting” and maintained during the trial that they were false, insisting he had “never acted inappropriately with anyone”.
The woman, now in her 40s, told the court that Dott had “caressed” her bottom while giving her a piggyback and exposed himself to her on another occasion.
She also said Dott once suggested she “take her trousers down” before lifting her top and kissing her stomach after asking if she wanted to “play a guessing game”.
She said Dott kissed and touched her inappropriately and carried out a sexual act that would amount to rape under current law.
She described being “shocked and scared” by the abuse.
The court also heard that Dott bought her a teddy bear with a love heart on it during the period of abuse.
Police had previously contacted Dott about the allegations in 2001, but no charges were brought.
The woman provided a new statement to police in 2025.
The male victim, now in his 20s, told the court that Dott’s abuse began shortly after the snooker player won his world title by defeating Peter Ebdon at the Crucible in Sheffield in 2006.
He said he was about eight years old when Dott abused him in a shower at a home in South Lanarkshire.
He also described being abused in a car on several occasions and being “inappropriately touched” while Dott played online poker.
The boy said Dott “rewarded” him with crisps and fizzy drinks and on one occasion gave him a £50 note, before later accusing him of stealing it when his parents discovered he had the money.
Detective Inspector Gary Smillie of Police Scotland described Dott as a “dangerous individual”.
He said: “I hope this conviction provides some measure of comfort to those impacted by his crimes.
“His conviction is as a direct result of their strength in coming forward and providing information which assisted our inquiries.”
Dott was taken into custody pending his sentencing hearing.
The court was also told that the woman had submitted a victim impact statement for consideration.
Following the conviction, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association permanently revoked Dott’s membership with immediate effect.
The organisation said its emergency board meeting unanimously agreed to remove him from the sport and confirmed it had written to the World Snooker Tour requesting his immediate removal from its Hall of Fame.
Dott had been suspended from professional snooker activities since 9 April 2025 while the case was ongoing.
He was later removed from the professional ranking list at the end of the 2025/26 season.
