{
  "id": 10664472,
  "title": "Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for 7 years for sexually abusing children",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/former-world-snooker-champion-graeme-dott-jailed-for-7-years-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-29T10:11:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-world-snooker-champion-graeme-101135782.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in jail for sexually abusing two children in Scotland during the 1990s and early 2000s. Dott, who is 49, was found guilty of abusing a girl from 1993-96 and a boy from 2006-10 after a five-day trial. The judge described Dott's behavior as a \"gross violation of trust\" and a \"robbery of the complainers' childhood.\" He appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh and received a backdated sentence. Dott's name has been added to the sex offenders register, and he was suspended and subsequently removed from snooker's governing body, World Snooker.",
  "summary": "Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in jail for sexually abusing two primary school children in Scotland in the 1990s and early 2000s. Dott, who is 49, was convicted last month of abusing a girl from 1993-96 and a boy from 2006-10, following a five-day trial. Dott appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh, where judge Lord Harrower told him he had “robbed…",
  "key_points": [
    "Former snooker champion Graeme Dott sentenced to 7 years in jail",
    "Abused two children in Scotland in 1990s and 2000s",
    "Judge called his behavior a gross violation of trust"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for 7 years for sexually abusing children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/former-world-snooker-champion-graeme-dott-jailed-for-7-years-for-10669340",
        "published": "2026-09-29T10:12:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/snooker-champion-graeme-dott-jailed-for-seven-years-for-child-sex",
        "published": "2026-09-29T11:27:49.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}