World number 39 Jamie Jones has been suspended from the snooker tour with immediate effect and will remain suspended until the conclusion of any hearings into this matter.
The allegations against Jones relate to the suspension of David John earlier this year (John had dropped off of the tour by the time of his suspension). Specifically the allegation against Jones is that he "was party to, or facilitated the manipulation the outcome of David John's match with Graeme Dott that was played at the International Championship qualifiers in Preston on 29 September 2016".
The match in question saw John lose to Dott 6-1 after winning the opening frame of the contest. The WPBSA made clear in their statement that there are no suspicions over any matches played by Jones.
Jones joins Cao Yupeng and Yu De Lu as the three players that are currently suspended from the tour and at the time of writing the date of any of these cases is unknown and therefore the length of time they will be out of action is also unknown.
Jones is a two-time ranking semi-finalist and made the last 16 of the 2018 World Championship featuring a 10-0 victory over Liang Wenbo in the final qualifying round and a win over Shaun Murphy in the last 32 at the Crucible. He also made his first 147 maximum in professional competition at the start of this season, in the Paul Hunter Classic.
Looking to the immediate future, Jones was due to play Zhao Xintong in both the International Championship qualifiers this week, and in the first round of next week's English Open in Crawley. Zhao has received a walkover to the final stages of the International Championship., while Jones has been replaced in the draw for the English Open, so Zhao will now face Michael Judge in the last 128.
The full statement on Jones' suspension can be viewed here
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