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Ex-Premier League Referee David Coote Sentenced to Suspended Nine-Month Term for Child Pornography

The judge cited a steep fall from prominence plus cocaine use, choosing community service with a decade-long restriction from contact with minors.

Overview

  • Nottingham Crown Court imposed a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.
  • Coote pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material, admitting he saved a 2:11 video of a 15-year-old on his laptop.
  • The court ordered 150 hours of community service, two years of supervision, and a ten-year prohibition on contact with minors.
  • Investigators discovered the file after seizing his devices during a separate inquiry into derogatory comments he made about Jürgen Klopp.
  • Football authorities had already removed him from duties, with UEFA suspending him following a Euro 2024 video that showed him snorting a white powder.