Overview
- A jury at the High Court in Glasgow found the 49-year-old former world snooker champion guilty of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour on Monday, August 24, 2026.
- The charges relate to separate courses of conduct against a girl between 1993 and 1996 and a boy between 2006 and 2010, both when they were of primary school age in the Glasgow area.
- Jurors heard detailed in-court testimony that included allegations of exposing himself, inappropriate touching, shower incidents and abuse in a car, and those accounts were central to the Crown’s case.
- Dott denied the allegations throughout the five-day trial; Judge Lord Harrower remanded him in custody, ordered him to register as a sex offender and deferred sentencing until September 29 so the social work report can be prepared.
- Sporting bodies and police acted quickly after the verdict: the WPBSA revoked his membership and World Snooker removed him from its Hall of Fame, and Detective Inspector Gary Smillie called Dott a "dangerous individual" while urging other victims to come forward.