Quincy Promes discovers his prison sentence after being found guilty for stabbing his cousin

Footballer Quincy Promes discovers his prison sentence after being found guilty at court for stabbing his cousin in the knee.

The 31-year old forward who currently plays for Russian outfit Spartak Moscow, was arrested by the police in December 2020 in relation to an incident that occurred in July of that year.

According to ESPN, the court in the Netherlands found that charges of assault were proven against Promes, but there was no attempt at murder or manslaughter.

Quincy Promes has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin.

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The victim must be compensated with €7,000 [£5,973].

Promes also faces charges for alleged involvement with drug trafficking.

He is suspected of smuggling 1,360 kg of cocaine into the Netherlands or Belgium via two separate shipments in 2020.

Promes, who was formerly an Ajax player, denied the charges, but the court found that there were enough witnesses and intercepted telephone conversations to give a sentence of imprisonment.

The stabbing occurred to Promes’ leg at a party for a family at an Abcoude warehouse after they got into a fight over a necklace that was stolen.

Phone conversations allegedly exposed his motives with the player said to have called his father and allegedly asked why he stepped in to protect the victim.

Promes allegedly said, as per The Sun: “Why did you jump in front of him? You saved his life. I would have killed him – you understand that, right?”

10 minutes later, he rang his mother and auntie to discover where his cousin was hurt, and said after learning the stab wound was in his cousin’s leg, with Promes replying: “Then he is lucky.”

He added: “Nobody is going to steal from us.

“Everyone forgive me, I couldn’t resist. I love you too much.”

Promes spoke with his dad again a number of hours after, saying: “My loyalty is to my aunt. Whoever steals from her, I will kill. Period.

“I’ll kill whoever steals from you, whoever steals from my mother. There are certain people in the family that I would kill for.

“I don’t care. If anyone is disrespectful or trying to talk about our family they’ll see how I am.

“Only then will you see who I am – not the footballer but the other side of me.

“It’s lucky that I don’t walk with a firearm anymore or that thing would have been even uglier.”

The cousin’s lawyer Yehudi Moszkowicz, in response to the phone calls which emerged, reportedly said: “Promes confesses without his knowledge. He tells his father, his mother and his aunt.

“He is even outraged that his father jumped between him and his cousin.”

The Public Prosecution Service were asked why the player’s phone was being tapped anyway – but they said they ‘do not want to go into that now’.

In February 2021, he moved from Ajax in the Netherlands to Spartak.

The judge criticised Promes for not appearing in court to defend himself, or express any regret at what he had done, because if he did, his sentence would have been reduced by six months. Promes does have the right to appeal his conviction.

Quincy Promes discovers his prison sentence after being found guilty for stabbing his cousin

The court manager said: “Promes shows no insight into his behaviour. That is extremely worrying and serious.”

It’s not clear if Promes will serve his sentence in the Netherlands, given that he is currently in Russia.

According to NOS there is no agreement for extradition between Russia and The Netherlands. It can be requested only if Promes loses any appeal.

Promes, however, could also be arrested for drug trafficking if he set foot in Europe, or any other country that has an extradition agreement with the Netherlands.

Due to the conflict in Ukraine, Russian clubs are banned from participating in UEFA competitions in Europe.

The Amsterdam-born striker played 50 games for the Dutch national side, scoring seven goals.

After beginning his career with Twente in 2014, he spent four years at Spartak from 2014 to 2018 before joining Spanish club Sevilla.

After that, he played for Ajax for a year-and-a half before returning to Spartak. In his second stint, he has scored 37 times in 74 matches for the club.

In 2020, Promes agreed to speak about his recent arrest and insisted he had ‘nothing to hide’ before talking about the experience.

He told Fox Sports: ‘It was nice to play football again. I also played a week ago, so it was not that long ago in terms of time frame, but it was nice to put the focus back on football and leave the peripheral issues behind.

‘It was a shock for everyone, but I am glad I was released so quickly. I can’t say more about it.

‘I’m just as shocked as the rest of the world. It is something from my private life, I cannot say more about it.

‘But now I am free and I think that says enough. It’s nice that the club supports me: not only [manager] Erik ten Hag, but also my team-mates, for example.

‘It feels good that people believe in me, that helps a lot. I don’t want to waste any more energy on peripheral matters.

‘It is a difficult situation for everyone, but we have to look to the future because we can still influence it. What as happened has happened.’