Ex-Netherlands international Quincy Promes sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin after court finds him guilty of assault but not attempted murder
Former Netherlands international Quincy Promes has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin.
The 31-year-old forward, who plays for Russian club Spartak Moscow, was arrested in December 2020 regarding the incident which happened in July that year.
The court in the Netherlands found charges of assault against Promes proven, but found there was no attempted murder or manslaughter, according to ESPN.
He must pay €7,000 in compensation to his nephew.
Promes is also being prosecuted in the Netherlands for alleged involvement in drugs trafficking.
Quincy Promes, seen playing for Ajax in 2020, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin
He is suspected of being involved with smuggling 1,360 kilos of cocaine to the Netherlands or Belgium in two shipments in 2020.
Promes, formerly of Ajax, denied the charges but the court found there was enough evidence from two eyewitnesses and intercepted phone conversations to hand down a prison term.
The judge criticised Promes, who is currently in Russia, for not coming to the court to defend himself or expressing any remorse.
His sentence would have been six months less had he done so. Promes can appeal the conviction.
More to follow.
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