Former world champion snooker player Graeme Dott has been accused of sexually abusing children.
Dott has been banned from competing at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield next weekend after a preliminary hearing at the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday. He is facing historical accusations of abuse against a girl between 1993 and 1996 and against a boy between 2006 and 2010.
The 47-year-old, who lifted the famous trophy at the Crucible in 2006 when he beat Peter Ebdon, is due to appear at the High Court in Glasgow on June 11.
A WPBSA statement read: “Graeme Dott has been suspended by the WPBSA due to a case which is scheduled to be heard before the High Court in Scotland. Whilst court proceedings are ongoing, it would be inappropriate for the WPBSA to make any further comment.”
In court papers seen by Mirror Sport, it is alleged that Dott attacked a girl in the early 1990s in the Glasgow area when he was between the ages of 16 and 19. She was around 10 years old at the time.
The snooker player is also accused of assaulting a boy when he was around nine years old in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland. At the time of the alleged incidents Dott was aged between 29 and 33.
Dott became a professional snooker player in 1994 and is currently ranked No.56 in the world. He has reached the final of the World Championship on three occasions, winning the top prize of £200,000 in 2006 and losing to Ronnie O’Sullivan in 2004 and Neil Robertson in 2010.
Dott was set to enter this year’s World Snooker Championship qualifiers in the second round on Friday.
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