Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott is to stand trial next year over allegations of child sexual abuse. The 48-year-old faces two charges relating to primary school age children, with incidents alleged to have occurred in the Glasgow region.
The allegations span between 1993 and 1996 involving a girl, and 2006 to 2010 involving a boy. At a virtual hearing at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday, Dott, who was not present, denied the charges through his defence counsel.
Defending, Euan Dow stated: “He pleads not guilty to two charges on the indictment. The position of the accused is that the allegations are fabricated and there is no truth in any of them.” A trial date was set for 17 August next year at the same court, and bail was continued.
Dott won the 2006 World Snooker Championship and was runner-up in 2004 and 2010.
