Footballer Promes to face attempted murder charge

Dutch prosecutors said on Wednesday that they intend to press charges of attempted murder against Spartak Moscow football player Quincy Promes.

Promes was arrested in connection with a July 2020 stabbing in the Dutch town of Abcoude. It later emerged that the alleged victim was Promes’s cousin and that the incident took place in a fight after a family party. Promes has denied involvement.

Prosecutors had initially intended to charge Promes, a former Ajax Amsterdam player and Dutch international, with attempted manslaughter and aggravated assault. However, after the alleged victim’s lawyer asked for the heavier charge of attempted murder, Promes’s lawyer agreed in order to ensure the case proceeds as quickly as possible. Hearings are planned for March 31, the public prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

Promes, 30, was playing for Ajax at the time of the incident, but moved to Spartak Moscow in February, 2021. He scored a goal in Spartak’s 2-0 win over Dynamo Moscow on Sunday. (Reuters)