Overview
- Coote entered the guilty plea at Nottingham Crown Court before Judge Nirmal Shant KC, changing his earlier not-guilty stance.
- The offence relates to a Category A video alleged to have been made on January 2, 2020, with the file recovered by Nottinghamshire Police in February 2025.
- Nottinghamshire Police charged Coote on August 12 after their investigation into the recovered video file.
- He was granted conditional bail, with restrictions including no unsupervised contact with anyone under 18 and not living at an address where a minor resides.
- Coote was dismissed by PGMOL in December 2024 and later sanctioned by the FA and UEFA, which marked the end of his elite officiating career.