David Coote, the disgraced former football referee, was investigated and cleared by police in 2017 following an allegation over an indecent image in his possession. Coote pleaded guilty on Tuesday at ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded not guilty to a charge of making an indecent image of a child. Coote, 43, entered the not guilty plea at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has formally pleaded not guilty after being charged with making an indecent image of a child. The 43-year-old appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court where ...

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Former Premier League referee David Coote pleaded not guilty on Thursday to making an indecent image of a child. Coote, who was fired last year by the organization managing ...

Referees’ chief Howard Webb believes David Coote’s career as a referee is almost certainly over. Former Premier League match official Coote was on Tuesday given an eight-week suspension by the ...

Coote was officially charged in August following an investigation by Nottinghamshire Police. The allegations being made against him are of the most serious kind when it comes to indecent images of ...