Excruciating footage has come to light of some remarkable shots Mark King missed during a snooker match he allegedly fixed.

The Englishman has been banned for five years and fined £68,000 for match-fixing.

King was found guilty of one count of match-fixing and one count of providing inside information on a match following an independent disciplinary committee.

He was initially suspended in March 2023, a month after suspicious betting was reported on his 4-0 defeat by Joe Perry in the first round of the Welsh Open.

The former world No 11 was also under suspicion for his 4-1 loss to John Higgins in the English Open in December 2022.

Following an investigation, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) referred King’s case for a disciplinary hearing in November 2023.

Shocking clips have come to light of Mark King missing easy shots in a snooker match

The Englishman missed a simple brown into the corner among other regulation pots

Perry looked dejected as he sat in the corner after each miss in the game against Joe Perry

After King denied the charges, his case was heard before an independent committee in May, who found he had ‘fixed or contrived, or was a party to an effort to fix or contrive the result or score of the Perry match’.

Now shocking videos have emerged of the snooker player missing a host of seemingly easy pots and safety shots in his encounter with Perry.

Another clip sees him miscue a break-off shot, leaving the cue ball extremely unsafe in the middle of the table, before heading over to his seat and shaking his head.

He then drags a green off the spot well wide of the corner pocket before missing a black off its spot by an even larger margin.

King can also be seen forcefully firing a red wide of the middle pocket as he struggled to build up any kind of break in the match.

He misses a simples brown just inches away from the pocket before missing a straight black into the far corner, having just potted a host of trickier chances.

The charges relating to his match with Higgins were dismissed. A WPBSA statement confirmed that Perry, a former Masters finalist, and Higgins, the four-time world champion, were ‘not accused of any misfeasance’.

King, whose only ranking title win came at the Northern Ireland Open in 2016, has until November 28 to appeal.

Snooker star Mark King has been banned for five years and fined £68,000 for match-fixing

The 50-year-old had denied charges and case was heard before an independent committee

The alleged match-fixing came in an encounter with Perry in the 2023 Welsh Open

WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson said: ‘I have known Mark King since he was very young, he is a very experienced player who has enjoyed great success, and I am deeply saddened to read the finding in this case.

‘However, the integrity of this sport will always be our No 1 priority. This case is testament to the fact that no stone will ever be left unturned in ensuring that the hundreds of millions of snooker fans worldwide, and our many global partners, can have full confidence in this incredible sport.’

King’s suspension has inflicted yet more damage to the image of the sport, coming soon after 10 Chinese players received bans in June 2023 for their part in a major match-fixing scandal.

Liang Wenbo and Li Hang were banned for life, while 2021 Masters champion Yan Bingtao was suspended until December 2027.

Former world No 9 Zhao Xintong was banned until September 2024 but is now back playing and could feature at the UK Championship later this month, the major tournament he famously won in 2021.