{"id":307903,"date":"2026-01-08T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-premier-league-referee-david-coote-avoids-jail-sentence-over-sexual-video-of-schoolboy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:00:32","slug":"former-premier-league-referee-david-coote-avoids-jail-sentence-over-sexual-video-of-schoolboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-premier-league-referee-david-coote-avoids-jail-sentence-over-sexual-video-of-schoolboy\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Premier League referee David Coote avoids jail sentence over sexual video of schoolboy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/AFTL23UgFgY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Former Premier League referee David Coote avoids jail sentence over sexual video of schoolboy\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AFTL23UgFgY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Former Premier League referee David Coote has avoided jail as he was sentenced over a sexual video of a schoolboy found on his laptop.<\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Crown Court heard the footage was category A &#8211; the most serious kind &#8211; and showed a 15-year-old boy in school uniform.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to nine months in prison suspended for two years.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/former-premier-league-referee-david-coote-avoids-jail-sentence-over-sexual-video-of-schoolboy-13491911<\/p>\n<p>#crime #sport #court <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews<\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/<br \/>\nFor more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Premier League referee David Coote has avoided jail as he was sentenced over a sexual video of a schoolboy found on his laptop. 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