Former world snooker champion jailed for seven years over child sexual abuse

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of sexually abusing two children.

• Dott was sentenced to seven years at the High Court in Edinburgh, backdated to 24 August when he was remanded in custody.
• He was convicted in August of two counts of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy between 1993 and 2010.
• Dott will remain on the sex offenders register for the rest of his life.
• The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association has permanently revoked his membership following his conviction.