Snooker player Graeme Dott goes on trial over child abuse allegations
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott is on trial at the High Court in Glasgow facing multiple charges of child sex abuse. The allegations involve incidents spanning from 1993 to 2010, which Dott denies.
Why it matters
The trial involves a high-profile public figure and addresses serious criminal allegations of historical child abuse.
Image caption, Dott is accused of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy between 1993 and 2010
A former world snooker champion has gone on trial at the High Court in Glasgow over child sex abuse charges.
Graeme Dott, 49, is accused of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards two youngsters, a girl and a boy, between 1993 and 2010.
The alleged incidents are said to have occurred on "various occasions" and involved addresses in Glasgow's east end and South Lanarkshire as well as in a car.
Dott, who won the world title in 2006, has denied the charges against him.
The allegation involving a girl includes claims he inappropriately touched her, instructed her to remove her clothes and exposed himself.
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