LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Former ‌Premier League soccer referee David Coote was on Thursday given ‌a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a charge ‌of making an indecent image of a child.

Coote, 43, was sacked last year by PGMOL, the English soccer referees' body, after a video circulated on social media ‍of him making derogatory comments about former Liverpool ‍manager Juergen Klopp.