Coote sentenced over child image offence
David Coote has been sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to making an indecent image of a child.The disgraced former Premier League referee was charged in October with an allegation relating to a category A video, the most serious kind, recovered by police in February.Coote was sacked by Professional Game Match Officials Limited in December 2024 after a video of comments he made about ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp in 2020 came to light.In August last year, Coote was given an eight-week suspension by the Football Association over the Klopp footage.More to follow...
