Ex-PL referee Coote pleads guilty to child indecency charge

LONDON: Former Premier League referee David Coote has admitted making an indecent image of a child, a court has heard.

The 43-year-old appeared at Nottingham Crown Court in connection with an allegation relating to a category A video, the most serious kind, recovered by police in February.

Coote, who wore a navy suit and black tie, spoke only to confirm his name and enter his plea during the six-minute hearing.

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The former referee was granted conditional bail by Judge Nirmal Shant and told he must appear in court again on December 11.

 The judge told Coote that she was ordering a pre-sentence report. “You have pleaded guilty to a serious matter,” she said.

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“Whether this means custody or not will be decided when all the information is before the court, which is why I have ordered a pre-sentence report.”

Coote was sacked from his officiating role last year after a video showing him making derogatory remarks about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in 2020 came to light.

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