Quincy Promes: Former Liverpool target sentenced to 18 months in prison

Prior to joining Spartak Moscow in 2014, Promes began his professional career with the Dutch club Twente.

Quincy Promes: Former Liverpool target sentenced to 18 months in prison

Tosin Abayomi 19:00 - 19.06.2023

Quincy Promes sentenced to 18 months in prison for assaulting his cousin.

Quincy Promes, a former Ajax winger, has been given an 18-month prison term for hitting his cousin.

During a family gathering in Australia in July 2020, the 31-year-old, who currently represents Spartak Moscow, stabbed the victim in the knee.

A Dutch court found Promes guilty of aggravated assault, however, it is unknown if he will now depart for the Netherlands given that he is now in Russia.

Promes is now the highest-ever scorer for the team in the Russian Premier League, since moving back to Russia in 2021.
Promes is now the highest-ever scorer for the team in the Russian Premier League, since moving back to Russia in 2021.

A compensation payment of €7,000 (£5970) has also been mandated for the victim.

Promes, who previously played for Sevilla in Spain, has 50 caps for the Netherlands' national team.

Promes and drug trafficking

Promes' phone was tapped as part of an investigation into drug trafficking, which led to the discovery of the assault.

Quincy Promes, a Dutch football player, is charged with transporting cocaine valued at an astounding £65 million.
Quincy Promes, a Dutch football player, is charged with transporting cocaine valued at an astounding £65 million.

The Dutch football player Promes is also accused of smuggling cocaine worth a staggering £65 million.

The forward, who presently wears the Spartak Moscow uniform, has previously been linked to Liverpool.

Promes is currently in trouble for his suspected role in the importation of two batches of cocaine weighing a combined 1370 kg.

The material was found a few weeks ago in Antwerp, Belgium, and had an astonishing street value of £65 million.

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