Former Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded guilty to making an indecent image of a child.
The ex-official, 43, appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday over an allegation relating to a category A video, the most serious kind, recovered by Nottinghamshire Police in February.
Coote was charged in August with making an indecent image of a child.
The charge of making an image refers to activities such as downloading, sharing, or saving abuse photos.
The 43-year-old, who wore a navy suit and black tie, spoke only to confirm his name and enter his plea during the hearing in front of Judge Nirmal Shant KC.
The former referee, of Woodhill Road in Collingham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, was granted conditional bail by Judge Shant and told he must return to court on 11 December.
The former referee was given an eight-week suspension by the Football Association in August after a video emerged of him making abusive comments about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in 2020.
Referees’ body, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), confirmed his contract had been terminated in December.
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