{
  "id": 3031135,
  "title": "Former world snooker champion Dott guilty of child sex abuse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/former-world-snooker-champion-dott-guilty-of-child-sex-abuse",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T13:46:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Sport",
    "slug": "bbc-sport",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0lr80rk0dno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been found guilty of child sexual abuse, with a High Court in Glasgow convicting him of two charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy between 1993 and 2010. During the trial, evidence emerged that Dott had exposed himself and inappropriately touched a primary school girl in the 1990s and attacked a young boy between 2006 and 2010. Dott, who won the sport's world championship at The Crucible in 2006, will be sentenced at a separate hearing in Edinburgh on 29 September. The court heard how Dott had caressed the girl's bottom while giving her a piggyback and exposed himself to her, as well as rewarding the boy with money, crisps, and fizzy drinks after molesting him in the shower at a home in South Lanarkshire.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}