Ex-snooker champ Graeme Dott ‘told boy to stay out while he was in room with girl he allegedly abused’

FORMER snooker champion Graeme Dott allegedly told a boy to stay out while he was in a room with a girl he is accused of abusing. Dott was alleged then to have said to have got “quite angry” when the child walked in at one point. Credit: VCG via Getty Images Credit: Michael Schofield, News Group Newspapers Ltd The claims were made today at the 49 year-old’s trial at the High Court in Glasgow. Dott denies two charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy spanning between 1993 and 2010. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! A witness who knew the girl when they were both children gave evidence today. The court heard there were occasions they would be together and Dott would also be there. Jurors earlier heard a number of sexual accusations from the then girl against the former world snooker champion including inappropriate touching at a house in Glasgow. Prosecutor Lindsey Dalziel today asked the witness – now in his 40s – was there a time he noticed something about Dott’s behaviour towards her when they were all together. The man replied: “Yes, maybe I was nine or 10 years old. I remember him telling me not to go into the room when he was in with her.” He claimed this occurred “more than once” at the house in Glasgow. Most read in The Sun Miss Dalziel: “What happened after he told you?” The man: “When an adult told you not to do something, you generally did not do it.” He then said he had a “vague memory” of going into the room at some stage despite the alleged warning. Asked if he could recall anything else, the witness went on: “Not really. I remember being told to leave.” Miss Dalziel: “Who told you to leave?” The man: “Graeme. I think he was quite angry.” The witness initially gave a police statement in 2001 before speaking to officers again in 2025. Euan Dow, defending, today questioned him on what he said on the earlier date. This included the man – a teenager at the time – stating: “I cannot remember walking into the room.” He also told officers: “I have not got a very good memory.” The witness today said it was a “long time ago”. But, he claimed his memory had improved during what Mr Dow described as the “passage of time”. However, the defence advocate said it appeared there was “no mention at all about being told to stay out of the room” by Dott. The trial earlier heard the completion of the then girl’s evidence today. Among the allegations she has made are that Dott “caressed” her bottom while giving her a piggyback or “coaksey” and that he also separately exposed himself. Jurors heard how she told a friend and others a number of years later about what she claimed occurred. Mr Dow quizzed the witness – who is in her 40s – about a conversation she had with one woman about the accusations. The advocate asked at one stage: “Did you say that you could take it to the newspapers and make a lot of money?” The woman: “No.” Mr Dow: “Are you sure about that?” She replied: “Yes.” The trial went on to hear from a woman who claimed the girl had spoken to her about the allegations when she was a teenager. This woman told the trial she had later had a conversation with a relative of Dott’s regarding the claims. Recalling what the family member said, the witness told jurors: “She said there was no truth in what (the girl) said and that it was a pack of lies. “She was very hostile towards me. She accused me of being naive and being taken in by her pack of lies.” The trial, before Lord Harrower, continues.