A year and a half for attacking his brother: Spartak’s leader sentenced to prison in the Netherlands

A year and a half in prison but there will be an appeal

The Dutch Royal Court sentenced Spartak Moscow’s striker Quincy Promes to prison in Amsterdam. The footballer was sentenced to one and a half years of real life imprisonment for stabbing his cousin at a family party a few years ago.

A relative of Quincy’s accused him of assault at the end of 2020, even though the incident itself had taken place six months earlier. According to the victim, during a family party, he and the football player had an argument, after which Promes attacked him with a knife and hit him on the knee, causing an injury that Quincy’s brother had not yet healed.

Police began investigating the case and obtained additional evidence by tapping the phone of a Spartak player playing for Ajax Amsterdam at the time. The wiretapping order was issued in another case involving smuggling and drug trafficking. In it, a football player is listed as an accomplice and may also receive a prison sentence.

Thus, if Quincy is extradited to the Netherlands, he will be detained and sent to prison, but is currently in Russia, where he will prepare for the new season, which will start in July.

Last season, the Dutch player was Spartak’s top scorer and second in the entire RPL, scoring 20 goals in 27 games. He also had seven more assists to his credit. Red and white finished the match in third place after Zenit and CSKA.

The player’s contract with the club is valid until the summer of 2024, but contains a clause that the Russian side can unilaterally terminate the contract if Promes receives an actual prison sentence after consideration of at least one of their cases. At the same time, in this case, Spartak will not have to pay the remaining money on Quincy’s transfer to Ajax.

True, it is unlikely that the red and whites will terminate their contract with the player at this time, as the process is not yet completed.

“My client will appeal the decision of the Amsterdam court. It will ask for cancellation. The Amsterdam High Court will then revisit the entire case, TASS quotes the actor’s lawyer, Robert Malevich. “From now on, my client will have the opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals. No final and binding decision has been taken so far.”

“Political Decision”

For socialbites.ca, Dmitry Bulykin and Honored Coach of the country Gadzhi Gadzhiev commented on the decision to Promes.

“Of course it does affect Spartak’s reputation a bit, but he’s also a very important player, so they’re going to look for options on how to resolve all this in favor of football. How they will decide, time will tell. But the fact is that Quincy is one of the leaders of the team,” said Bulykin. – Naturally there will be an appeal, something will be decided. But this will be a blow to both Spartak and Promes itself. I hope everything will be settled peacefully and everyone will be happy.”

At the same time, the deputy believes that the Russian Football Union (RFU) and the Russian Premier League (RPL) should not determine the fate of the player and exclude him from performances on the ground of criminal prosecution in the Netherlands.

“This matter is outside the jurisdiction of RFU and RPL. A foreign court decides everything and how it decides is their business. And here I think that Spartak, not the league, will decide Quincy’s fate. It was announced that he was a team player. I don’t know about the legal aspects, but in my opinion Spartak and Promes should look for a solution so that the club and the player do not become victims in this process. Spartak must do everything possible for Promes to play and benefit for the team,” Bulykin stressed.

Gadzhi Gadzhiev is not at all sure that the player’s playing in Russia does not affect the severity of the penalty.

Promes should play more for the Russian club. I think it is quite possible that this decision will be influenced by the international situation. He may have been affected by his being in Russia. He plays, he does not – that’s another story. But the fact of being in Russia can affect. Of course, I don’t know how decisions were made there, but I think it’s possible. We do not know what made this decision. Otherwise, can his lawyer defend him or not? said Gadzhiev.

– Probably, this is a political decision, and the term may be conditional. There are many factors that affect the judge’s decision. Including such details. It is unknown whether the penalty would have been the same if he had played in another country and not in Russia. The sanctions they impose on us say that our country is almost ignored. From my point of view we should ignore all their decisions.

We should ignore all their decisions just as they ignore us. Promes didn’t do anything with us, did he? If he does, he will have to be punished. He now has to live in Russia and according to Russian laws.”

“There is no danger”

He doesn’t think Promes will have problems with their performance in Russia, and criminal lawyer Maxim Kalinov also commented on socialbites.ca.

“Promes is not in any danger because he committed the crime in the Netherlands, where he was sentenced to a year and a half in prison. Therefore, nothing prevents him from working in Russia, playing in Russia. And there are no legal consequences for him in Russia,” he said.

– To the question of whether the Russian authorities will be able to extradite him to the Dutch authorities. I don’t think this question should ever be asked. The verdict is small, almost no one will try to save Promes from another country. This whole procedure for the act of providing legal aid arranged between states when a criminal is extradited takes a lot of time. By this time, the jail term will expire. But if the Dutch authorities want to return Promes, then an international legal agreement on assistance has been signed with Russia and of course Promes can be returned to its homeland.”