Top snooker player jailed for assaulting partner

A snooker subordinate who assaulted his partner has been removed from nan world circuit and world ranking list, opportunity nan sport's authorities.

Michael White, 33, from Neath, was sentenced connected Thursday to 36 months successful situation for battle occasioning existent bodily harm, nan World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) said.

Issuing its ain sanction, nan organisation added: “The WPBSA does not tolerate specified behaviour by a personnel and has taken contiguous action to region Michael White arsenic a member."

It said it had been monitoring nan lawsuit and had called an emergency committee gathering pursuing nan sentencing.

White’s rank will extremity pinch “immediate effect”, meaning he will besides beryllium taken disconnected nan world ranking database and World Snooker Tour.

“Michael White has nan correct to entreaty nan determination of nan committee wrong 21 days of nan decision,” it said.

White was nan youngest subordinate to make a competitory period erstwhile he did truthful astatine nan property of 9 and was world amateur champion by nan property of 14.

He won his first world ranking title astatine nan 2015 Indian Open successful Mumbai pinch triumph complete Ricky Walden.

According to nan website Snooker.org, White's world ranking was 60.