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Former Premier League referee David Coote has admitted to making an indecent image of a child, the most serious category A offence, at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday.
The 43-year-old appeared in court wearing a navy suit and black tie, speaking only to confirm his identity and enter his guilty plea during the brief six-minute hearing. The charge relates to material recovered by police in February.
Judge Nirmal Shant granted Coote conditional bail and ordered him to return to court on December 11. A pre-sentence report has also been commissioned to inform sentencing. “You have pleaded guilty to a serious matter,” the judge said, adding that the decision on whether Coote would face custodial sentence would follow once all information was reviewed.
Coote, who was dismissed from his officiating role last year, had previously faced public scrutiny after a video emerged in 2020 showing him making derogatory comments about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
