前总联裁判David Coote因拥有与2020年病毒暴风雨相关的儿童性虐待图像被判处9个月的缓刑。 Former Premier League referee David Coote got a 9-month suspended sentence for possessing a child sexual abuse image, linked to a 2020 viral rant.

前大联会裁判David Coote承认对一名儿童制作了A类猥亵图像,这是联合王国法律中最为严重的分类,因此被判处9个月的缓刑。 Former Premier League referee David Coote was sentenced to a nine-month suspended prison term after admitting to making a Category A indecent image of a child, the most serious classification under UK law. 在2025年2月警方调查期间,在笔记本电脑上发现了这段两分钟的录像,其中显示一名身着校服的15岁男孩,这是由Coote对前利物浦经理Jürgen Klopp发表攻击性言论的2020年病毒视频引发的。 The two-minute video, showing a 15-year-old boy in a school uniform, was discovered on his laptop during a police investigation in February 2025, prompted by a viral 2020 video in which Coote made offensive remarks about former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp. 43岁的Coote被足球协会开除,欧洲足联在该事件以及2024年使用可卡因的指控后予以禁止。 Coote, 43, had already been dismissed by the Football Association and banned by UEFA following that incident and allegations of cocaine use during Euro 2024. 法院听取了他的行为对儿童造成的真正伤害,尽管他的心理健康斗争和孤独被认为是促成因素。 The court heard his actions caused real harm to the child, though his mental health struggles and loneliness were noted as contributing factors. 他被登记在性罪犯登记册上10年,被命令完成150小时的社区工作,并被下达一项防止性伤害的命令,限制他使用互联网和与未成年人接触。 He was placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years, ordered to complete 150 hours of community work, and given a sexual harm prevention order restricting his internet use and contact with minors. 缓刑意味着只有当他两年内没有再犯其他罪行时,他才会避免入狱。 The suspended sentence means he will avoid jail only if he does not commit another offense within two years.