Dutch footballer Promes sentenced to jail in stabbing incident
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Dutch footballer Qunicy Promes has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for stabbing his cousin at a family birthday party in 2020
A Dutch court sentenced former Netherlands international footballer Quincy Promes to 18 months in jail on Monday, June 19, for stabbing his cousin at a family party.
The Spartak Moscow forward, 31, who pleaded not guilty, was not in court in Amsterdam for the sentencing as he currently lives in Russia.
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The court found that Mr. Promes had stabbed his cousin in the leg during a family birthday party in 2020 amid a row over a stolen necklace.
Such an offence would normally incur a sentence of at least a year, but Mr. Promes got a heavier jail term because of his public profile, it said.
“The court took into account that the suspect is a professional football player and well-known Dutchman, and therefore has an exemplary function,” the court said in a statement.
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