Complex sentence: He was never tried and took every opportunity to demand a trial, some say he got his name from this, "Kooti" pronounced "Courty", others that it was a Māori version of the last name "Coates".
Split into simpler sentences: He was never tried and took every opportunity to demand a trial. Some say he got his name from this, "Kooti" pronounced "Courty", others that it was a Māori version of the last name "Coates".