Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school age children.
The 49-year-old subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, with the girl targeted between 1993-1996 and the boy between 2006-2010.
A five-day trial the High Court in Glasgow heard Dott exposed himself in front of both children, touched them inappropriately, and kissed them.
On Monday, he was found guilty of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards them.
In both cases the abuse happened in the Glasgow area.
During the trial, jurors heard from one of Dott’s victims, a woman now in her 40s, who told the court Dott had sexually abused her on multiple separate occasions while she was a child.
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She said the abuse had started with Dott ‘caressing’ her bottom over her clothing while giving her a piggy back.
The woman also described an occasion when she said Dott suggested playing a ‘guessing game’ where she had to guess what he was doing.
The woman told the court that Dott told her not to tell anyone he was sexually abusing her.
The second victim, a man who is now in his late 20s, said he was sexually abused by Dott on multiple occasions, with the snooker player touching him inappropriately, kissing him, and performing sexual acts.
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