Dutch soccer star Quincy Promes sentenced to 18-months in jail for stabbing cousin
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utch footballer Quincy Promes has been jailed for 18 months after being discovered responsible of stabbing his personal cousin within the knee.
A Dutch courtroom sentenced the present Spartak Moscow striker in absentia for the 2020 assault at a household social gathering.
The aggravated assault after an argument broke out between Promes and his cousin, reportedly over a stolen necklace.
Promes is at the moment dwelling in Moscow and it’s not sure he’ll return to the Netherlands. Last month prosecutors charged him moreover with drug trafficking.
The 31-year-old beforehand performed with Ajax and the Dutch nationwide soccer crew, even scoring towards England in a Nations League match.
Promes (left) vies for the ball in a Champions League recreation
/ AFP/Getty ImagesBroadcaster RTL reported Promes will enchantment the sentence, citing his lawyer.
He is due again in courtroom charged with importing medicine with a avenue worth of £65m.
Promes is accused of investing in two shipments of 1,370kg of cocaine in 2020, with prosecutors claiming he had a job in organising the smuggling.