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Football coach given community order for harassment campaign

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 2 Nov, 16:15 · Archive

A football coach has been given a 12-month community order for harassing his ex-partner across multiple platforms.

Thomas Coote, 32, of Martlesham Heath, admitted harassment without violence relating to conduct over several months following the end of his relationship. Magistrates described his actions as domestic abuse and imposed a 12-month community order along with a restraining order.

Coote, who works in a supermarket and coaches football for children with special educational needs, subjected his ex-partner to contact across multiple platforms despite her making clear she would not return to the relationship. On one occasion, she received around 50 WhatsApp messages including threats towards a male colleague whom Coote accused her of cheating with. He sent her an Instagram screenshot asking why she had liked a post by the colleague, and in another message said he hoped she was in a relationship with him 'so he can get you pregnant and beat you up'.

Coote also contacted her through TikTok and Instagram, used multiple different email accounts, and made numerous calls and sent voicemails from withheld numbers. He contacted the father of her children about the colleague and left a voicemail saying he would meet her outside her child's after-school club. The victim, who felt forced to change her phone number, described the contact as 'relentless' and said it also affected her at work.

Football coach given community order for harassment campaign
Image: East Anglian Daily Times

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