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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicole Wootton-Cane

Ex-Premier League referee David Coote avoids jail after sex abuse video of 15-year-old found on laptop

Former Premier League referee David Coote has avoided jail after police found a sex abuse video featuring a 15-year-old boy stored on his laptop, a court has heard.

He was handed a sentence of nine months in prison suspended for two years at a hearing at Nottingham Crown Court, as a judge told him he had suffered a “spectacular fall from grace”.

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