Marylio V had already been sentenced to four years in prison in Belgium for importing 882kgs of cocaine on May 27, 2019. The second batch had a logo of a tiger stamped on it and weighed in at 712kgs after being intercepted by Belgian police.īefore the full case, Marylio V failed in his attempt to achieve bail, having revealed in court that he planned, without implicating Promes, to admit a “small role” that the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) claimed was, in fact, much bigger.Īmong the judge’s considerations in this appeal was the defendant’s criminal record.

The first batch, hidden in sacks of salt, which involved 650 blocks of cocaine, has never been found. Separately, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, Promes and an accomplice - Marylio V, who also received a six-year sentence - had arranged to smuggle two shipments of cocaine into the Belgian port of Antwerp via the Cap San Nicolas container vessel in January 2020. The 18-month sentence for that offence is yet to start because Promes, 32, has remained out of reach of the Dutch justice system, having stayed in Russia throughout the trial, playing for Spartak Moscow. That was in June 2023, when he was found guilty of stabbing his cousin in the knee at a family party where, the court heard, “the Hennessy flowed freely”. He was part of the Dutch team during the Euro 2021 but has not worn the national jersey since.Promes did not appear at his previous criminal case either. Promes has scored seven goals in 50 appearances for the Dutch national team since his debut in 2014. Amsterdam-born Promes joined Ajax in 2019 from Sevilla in a 15 million-euro transfer, before going back to Spartak in 2021, where he was named Russia's footballer of the year in 2017 during a previous spell. Lawyers for Promes are due to speak later.

The victim then pressed charges of attempted murder, attempted manslaughter or aggravated assault after failing to reach a compensation deal with Promes.īut prosecutors said there was 'insufficient evidence of intent to kill or of premeditation'. In one intercepted call with his father, Promes said that it was 'lucky that I no longer carry a firearm, because otherwise it would have ended even uglier,' prosecutors said. The investigation was triggered later that year by a phone tap from another investigation, which Dutch media said was into an ongoing drug-smuggling case involving Promes. Witnesses saw Promes 'make stabbing movements as the victim tried to fight him off' during the incident in July 2020, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said the exact motive was unclear 'but it may have to do with the theft of jewellery from an aunt - the suspect accused the victim of having something to do with it,' prosecutors said. 'Based on the police investigation, the prosecution suspects the man of aggravated assault,' prosecutors said. The victim suffered 'serious knee injuries' which took months to recover from. 'The public prosecution service has demanded two years against a man who is suspected of stabbing his cousin in the knee,' Dutch prosecutors said in a statement. Prosecutors earlier dropped a charge of attempted murder against Promes, who played for the Dutch national side 50 times up to 2021, saying it could not be proven. Promes, who pleads not guilty, did not attend the opening of the trial in Amsterdam as he is in Russia fulfilling his contractual obligations to his club, his lawyer said. The 31-year-old Spartak Moscow forward is alleged to have attacked the victim at a family birthday party in Abacoude, near Amsterdam, in 2020 in what is thought to have been a row over a stolen necklace.

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