After Conviction, WPBSA Permanently Revokes Graeme Dott’s Membership

A judge ordered Graeme Dott held in custody after he was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow on 24 August 2026. Sentencing was set for 29 September. The order followed a trial in which Dott denied the charges before being found guilty of two counts of lewd and libidinous behaviour involving historic sexual abuse.

After the conviction, Police Scotland Detective Inspector Gary Smillie called Dott “a dangerous individual.” The description belonged to the police, not the court: it was a post-verdict statement rather than an independent judicial finding. The immediate consequence came through both the criminal process and the sport that had governed Dott’s professional status.

The WPBSA had suspended Dott on 9 April 2025, when the case was scheduled to be heard before the High Court in Scotland. It said he had been suspended from all professional snooker activities pending the outcome of his trial. That action changed his status while leaving the criminal case unresolved; the governing body’s statement did not address the merits of the charges.

The verdict produced a different institutional decision. On 24 August, the WPBSA said its board had unanimously agreed that Dott should be removed from the sport and permanently revoked his membership with immediate effect. The governing body also said Dott retained a right to appeal within 21 days. The sanction was therefore immediate, even though its internal process still allowed a challenge.

The WPBSA wrote to the World Snooker Tour requesting Dott’s immediate removal from the WST Hall of Fame. That request was made by the governing body; a completed removal was not separately reported. The membership revocation was final in its stated terms, while the Hall of Fame action remained a request.