Former Premier League referee David Coote to be sentenced over child abuse video

The 43-year-old former referee pleaded guilty to the offence at a hearing in October.
Former Premier League referee David Coote to be sentenced over child abuse video

Former Premier League referee David Coote (PA)

Former Premier League referee David Coote is due to be sentenced after a child abuse video was found on his device.

The ex-official was charged with making an indecent image of a child after the category A video, the most serious kind, was recovered by police in February last year following a Football Association (FA) investigation into him.

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