Overview
- A Glasgow High Court jury returned majority guilty verdicts on Monday, August 24, after a five-day trial that found Dott guilty of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour with victims who were primary-school age.
- Jurors heard detailed testimony that a girl was abused between 1993 and 1996 and a boy was abused between 2006 and 2010, including allegations of exposure, inappropriate touching, kissing and incidents in a shower and a car.
- Judge Lord Harrower remanded Dott in custody and deferred sentencing to 29 September at the High Court in Edinburgh to allow a criminal justice social work report to be prepared.
- Detective Inspector Gary Smillie of Police Scotland publicly called Dott a 'dangerous individual', noted earlier police contact in 2001 and credited the victims for coming forward to help secure the convictions.
- Sporting authorities moved swiftly after the verdict: the WPBSA has permanently revoked Dott’s membership and World Snooker has removed him from its Hall of Fame, actions that bar him from official honours and competition privileges pending any internal appeal.