China’s Liang Wenbo has been banned from World Snooker Tour occasions until 1 August following his conviction for a domestic-related assault.
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) issued a backdated four-month ban.
Oxfordshire-based Liang was additionally made to pay £1,000 in the direction of the prices of his WPBSA disciplinary listening to.
He has the correct to enchantment towards the choice.
The world quantity 33 missed this 12 months’s World Championship, which he had been set to enter within the third qualifying spherical, on account of his preliminary suspension.
He had pleaded responsible at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court in February to the assault, for which he was fined a complete of £1,380 along with receiving the group order.
The assault occurred in Sheffield final July.
On Liang’s ban, WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson stated: “I’ve little doubt that this was a tough case for the impartial disciplinary committee to take care of because it had already been heard in a felony courtroom.
“Despite this, neither I, nor the WPBSA may settle for any such behaviour from certainly one of our members which led me to instantly droop Liang simply previous to the biggest occasion and with the largest prize cash of the snooker season. I’m happy the committee upheld this resolution.”
