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Former Premier League referee David Coote has been given a suspended sentence after he was found to have a sexual video of a 15-year-old boy in school uniform on his laptop.<\/p>\n
Coote, 43, previously pleaded guilty to making an indecent moving image of a child of the most serious kind, and his sentencing judge said he had had a \u201cspectacular fall from grace\u201d.<\/p>\n
Coote\u2019s arms and hands trembled as a sentence of nine months, suspended for two years, was passed at Nottingham crown court on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said the 2min 11s video found on his laptop showed the boy undress until he was completely naked, before performing sexual acts on himself.<\/p>\n
Passing sentence on Coote, Judge Shant told the sacked referee: \u201cThose who commit this sort of offence must understand that they involve real children being abused, with all the consequent damage that comes from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defence barrister Laura Jane Miller invited the judge to consider a suspended sentence and an order to perform unpaid work.<\/p>\n
She told the court: \u201cLooking at the prospect of rehabilitation and whether there needs to be an immediate custodial sentence, I would invite the court to impose a suspended sentence of imprisonment. It would save him being a burden on the public purse in the custodial setting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller said Coote was \u201cdeeply ashamed of himself and his actions\u201d. She said: \u201cThis offence took place, looking at the date the image was downloaded and last accessed, on 2 January 2020, which is some six years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
She told the court Coote\u2019s \u201coutward persona of a very successful football referee\u201d did not \u201caccurately reflect him as a person because there was an internal struggle in terms of personal difficulties\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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