FORMER world champion Stuart Bingham was given a six-month suspension yesterday for breaching snooker’s betting regulations.

The 41-year-old, who won at the Crucible in 2015, has been found to have placed bets of close to £36,000 on matches — some of which he was playing in — over a period of 12 years.

Governing body WPBSA said Bingham had admitted to a small amount of betting using two accounts in his own name, but was actually guilty of “greater betting over at least seven years.”