THE HAGUE, February 21. /TASS/. A Court of Appeals in Amsterdam denied at its preliminary hearing an appeal by Dutch-born forward Quincy Promes of the Russian Premier League’s Spartak Moscow football club, the court’s press office told TASS on Wednesday.

On June 19, 2023, an Amsterdam court sentenced Promes in absentia to 18 months behind bars on charges of assaulting his cousin. The defense for Promes filed an appeal to challenge this ruling.

"The court denied the request because it did not find it appropriate," the court’s press office said in a statement to TASS.

Last June, the footballer was found guilty of stabbing his cousin during a family get-together in 2020. Promes’ lawyers appealed the verdict, but it was rejected by the court on February 6.

In an unrelated case, a court in Amsterdam sentenced last week Promes to six years in prison after finding him guilty of drug smuggling, according to Dutch daily De Telegraaf.

The Dutch daily reported citing investigators that Promes was directly involved in the cross-border smuggling of two batches of cocaine seized at an airport in Antwerp, Belgium in 2020. The combined weight of the two seized batches was more than 1,360 kilograms (almost 3,000 lbs).

Promes, 32, joined Spartak Moscow FC in 2014 and, according to official statistics, the forward has netted 114 goals in his 235 match appearances with the legendary Russian football club. The footballer was the runner-up for best striker in the Russian Premier League 2022/2023 season, having scored 20 goals in 27 matches.

Throughout its 101-year history, Spartak Moscow FC has been a 12-time USSR champion and ten-time champion of Russia. The team is the winner of numerous other awards and trophies.