David Coote charged with making 'category A' indecent video of child

EX-PREMIER League ref David Coote has been charged with making a category A indecent video of a child.

The official was sacked by refereeing chiefs the PGMOL in December after an online tirade against former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

5 Referee David Coote was sacked in December last year Credit: Reuters

5 Coote was caught on video labelling ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp a 'German c***' Credit: X

5 Klopp speaks with Coote after a match in 2020 Credit: PA

Coote, 43, from Newark, is accused of making one indecent video of a child on January 2 2020.

He will appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Thursday in the first hearing related to the charge.

A category A charge relates to the most severe classification of indecent images or video depicting penetrative sexual activity.

Coote was sacked as a referee after he was seen in leaked footage last November calling Klopp a “German c***” and referring to Liverpool as "s***".

He said: "Aside from having a right pop at me when I was refereeing them against Burnley in lockdown, he accused me of lying and then had a right f***ing pop of me.

"I have no interest in speaking to someone who is f***ing arrogant. So I do my best not to speak to him. James Milner is all right, I get on with him.

"You can see me there with a ‘mask’ on. But, my god, German c***, f*** me."

Coote officiated his first Premier League match in April 2018.

He went on to helm more than 100 top flight fixtures and was an official on the roster at Euro 2024 in Germany.

Following his sacking, he was seen in doorbell footage delivering packages for Evri earlier this summer.

5 Coote was last seen delivering Evri packages earlier this summer Credit: Louis Wood News Group Newspapers Ltd

5 Coote refereed his first Premier League match in 2018 Credit: AP