Former Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded responsible to creating an indecent picture of a kid.
The 43-year-old appeared at Nottingham Crown Court docket over an allegation regarding a class A video, probably the most severe type, recovered by police in February.
Coote, from Woodhill Highway, Collingham, Nottinghamshire, was granted conditional bail forward of an look on 11 December.
Choose Nirmal Shant KC ordered a pre-sentence report and mentioned: “You’ve gotten pleaded responsible to a severe matter. Whether or not this implies custody or not might be determined when all the data is earlier than the court docket.”
The court docket heard Coote extracted the video from a tough drive to a laptop computer on 2 January 2020.
He beforehand pleaded not responsible to the cost at a listening to on 10 September at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court docket.
On the six-minute listening to on Tuesday, Coote, who wore a navy swimsuit and black tie, spoke solely to substantiate his title and enter his responsible plea.
The cost of constructing an indecent picture of a kid refers to actions similar to downloading, sharing or saving images or movies containing abuse.
Choose Shant KC mentioned: “You should not go away with the impression that this is not going to result in a custodial sentence.”
Coote was sacked final 12 months when feedback made in a video about former Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp in 2020 got here to gentle.
In August this 12 months, he was given an eight-week suspension by the Soccer Affiliation over the Klopp footage.
In January, Coote got here out as homosexual in an interview with The Solar and mentioned a lifelong wrestle to cover his sexuality had contributed to the rant about Klopp.
Further reporting by PA Media
