Chinese pro snooker player Liang Wenbo pleads guilty to assaulting a woman in UK, handed 12 months community order
- Liang was caught on CCTV hitting and kicking a woman in Sheffield city centre in what local authorities called ‘a sustained and deliberate assault’
- The former world No 11 is set to miss the world championship as World Snooker Tour issues ‘suspension with immediate effect’
A Chinese snooker player has been suspended by the sport’s governing body and will miss the upcoming world championship after being convicted of assaulting a woman in England.
Liang Wenbo, the world No 33, was fined £1,380 (HK$14,200) and handed a 12-month community order on Friday for committing what was described by British prosecutors as a “domestic-related assault” in February.
Security footage captured the 35-year-old having what appeared to be an argument with a woman, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Liang repeatedly hit and kicked the woman, and was also seen dragging her to the floor and pushing her against a wall.
The CPS added that the attack, which happened in the city centre, continued despite the efforts of another man attempting to intervene, with Liang “throwing punches towards her”.
