"Former Premier League referee David Coote is due to be sentenced after a child abuse video was found on his device. The ex-official was charged with making an indecent image of a child after the category A video, the most serious kind, was recovered by police in February last year following a Football Association (FA) investigation into him. The 43-year-old former referee, of Woodhill Road in Collingham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty to the offence at a hearing in October."
"The charge of making an indecent image of a child refers to activities such as downloading, sharing or saving abuse photos or videos. The video came to the police's attention when Coote was being investigated by the FA, and a number of devices were seized and analysed when he was arrested at his home, a magistrates' court was told in September. He is due to appear at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday for his sentencing."
Former Premier League referee David Coote pleaded guilty to making an indecent image of a child after police recovered a category A video from his device during a Football Association investigation. The 43-year-old of Collingham was arrested at his home after multiple devices were seized and analysed. He is due to be sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court. Coote was sacked by Professional Game Match Officials Limited and suspended by the FA over a separate video of comments about Jürgen Klopp. UEFA also banned him until 30 June 2026 after another video showed him snorting a white powder.
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