Former Referee David Coote Pleads Not Guilty To Making Indecent Image Of Child

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The erstwhile Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded not blameworthy to making an indecent image of a child.

Coote appeared successful Nottingham magistrates tribunal connected Thursday, having been charged connected 12 August successful narration to a video recovered by constabulary officers successful February. The complaint of making an indecent image of a kid refers to activities specified arsenic downloading, sharing aliases redeeming maltreatment photos aliases videos.

The 43-year-old attended tribunal successful a navy suit and said only to corroborate his sanction and day of commencement and to participate his plea. He has been charged pinch a class A offence, nan astir superior of nan categories.

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The games Coote has refereed see 112 successful nan Premier League, 143 successful nan Championship and 30 successful nan FA Cup, arsenic good arsenic 4 world friendlies.

Coote was sacked by nan English refereeing assemblage Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) past December aft a video surfaced successful which he made comments astir nan past Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp.

Coote came retired arsenic cheery successful January of this year, saying he had hidden his sexuality owing to fears of nan maltreatment he would person if it were nationalist knowledge.

After his plea Coote was granted conditional bail by territory judge Gillian Young. He is owed to look astatine Nottingham crown tribunal for a plea and proceedings mentation proceeding connected 9 October.