He was part of the Dutch team during the Euro 2021 but has not worn the national jersey since. Promes has scored seven goals in 50 appearances for the Dutch national team since his debut in 2014. Amsterdam-born Promes joined Ajax in 2019 from Sevilla in a 15 million-euro transfer, before going back to Spartak in 2021, where he was named Russia's footballer of the year in 2017 during a previous spell. Lawyers for Promes are due to speak later. The investigation was triggered by a phone tap from a separate probe into a drug-smuggling case involving Promes. The victim then pressed charges of attempted murder, attempted manslaughter or aggravated assault after failing to reach a compensation deal with Promes.īut prosecutors said there was "insufficient evidence of intent to kill or of premeditation". 3 hours ago &0183 &32 Prosecutors, who had demanded a two-year sentence, last year dropped a charge of attempted murder against Promes. In one intercepted call with his father, Promes said that it was "lucky that I no longer carry a firearm, because otherwise it would have ended even uglier," prosecutors said. The investigation was triggered later that year by a phone tap from another investigation, which Dutch media said was into an ongoing drug-smuggling case involving Promes. Witnesses saw Promes "make stabbing movements as the victim tried to fight him off" during the incident in July 2020, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said the exact motive was unclear "but it may have to do with the theft of jewellery from an aunt - the suspect accused the victim of having something to do with it," prosecutors said. He avoided charges of attempted murder and. "Based on the police investigation, the prosecution suspects the man of aggravated assault," prosecutors said. 48 minutes ago &0183 &32 Spartak Moscow forward Quincy Promes has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of stabbing his cousin at a family. The victim suffered "serious knee injuries" which took months to recover from. "The public prosecution service has demanded two years against a man who is suspected of stabbing his cousin in the knee," Dutch prosecutors said in a statement. Former Netherlands international Quincy Promes has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin. 1 Quincy Promes is accused of smuggling £65million-worth of cocaine Credit: Getty According to NOS, Promes is accused by the Public Prosecution Service of smuggling two batches of cocaine weighing a combined 1370kg. Prosecutors earlier dropped a charge of attempted murder against Promes, who played for the Dutch national side 50 times up to 2021, saying it could not be proven. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) will pursue attempted murder charges against Dutch international footballer Quincy Promes. 3 hours ago &0183 &32 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. That’s with the 31-year-old already being on trial for attempted murder. Promes, who pleads not guilty, did not attend the opening of the trial in Amsterdam as he is in Russia fulfilling his contractual obligations to his club, his lawyer said. The 31-year-old Spartak Moscow forward is alleged to have attacked the victim at a family birthday party in Abacoude, near Amsterdam, in 2020 in what is thought to have been a row over a stolen necklace.
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