"The court heard analysis of Coote's devices showed his Dell laptop had been connected to the hard drive and had made - in the sense of being downloaded and viewed on the screen - a category A moving image, which lasted two minutes and 11 seconds, on 2 January 2020. Judge Nirmal Shant KC told Coote: "Those who commit this sort of offence must realise they involve a real child and that causes them damage.""
"Defending Coote, Laura Miller said his actions on 2 January 2020 did not reflect him as a person, adding he was going through an "internal struggle" following the breakdown of a relationship. She added he had faced a period of media scrutiny, to which the judge responded: "Some might say he has brought it on himself." Ms Miller told the court six years had passed since the offence and Coote"
Former Premier League referee David Coote admitted making a category A indecent image of a child and was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court. Police recovered a video showing a 15-year-old boy in a school uniform on a device seized in February. Device analysis found Coote's Dell laptop connected to the hard drive and downloaded and viewed the two-minute, 11-second moving image on 2 January 2020. Coote pleaded guilty in October after initially pleading not guilty. He was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment suspended for two years and given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.
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