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| Snooker player Stephen Lee pleads guilty to fraud | Snooker player Stephen Lee pleads guilty to fraud |
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| The former world number five snooker player Stephen Lee has pleaded guilty to fraud. | The former world number five snooker player Stephen Lee has pleaded guilty to fraud. |
| The 39-year-old, who lives in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, had been charged with fraud by false representation in relation to the sale of a snooker cue. | |
| Lee, who has been a professional player for more than 20 years and has won five ranking titles, appeared at Swindon Magistrates' Court. | Lee, who has been a professional player for more than 20 years and has won five ranking titles, appeared at Swindon Magistrates' Court. |
| Last month his appeal against a 12-year ban for match-fixing was dismissed. | |
| Lee was found guilty of seven charges in 2008 and 2009 including one concerning a World Championship match after a tribunal hearing in September last year. | |
| He had also appealed against having to pay £40,000 costs, which have now been increased to £75,000. | |
| The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association said he was involved in "the worst case of snooker corruption we've seen". |