Thane, Dec 22 (PTI) A court here in Maharashtra has sentenced a 30-year-oldman to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for attempting to kill his neighbour over a petty dispute in 2016.

District Judge V Y Jadhav convicted the accused, Sawan Singh Sajwan, on Saturday under Indian Penal Code Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 452 (house-trespass for causing hurt to any person or assaulting any person).

He also imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 on the accused.

Additional Public Prosecutor Sanjay More told the court that on June 8, 2016, the victim, Krishna Hirasingh Karke (31), who worked at a hotel, was standing near his house in Kapurbawdi area of Thane city.

He requested the accused, who resided in his neighbourhood, to get him cigarettes, but the latter refused.

The two had an argument following which the accused stabbed the victim multiple times in the latter's house.

The victim was rushed to a hospital where he underwent treatment. He also lodged a police complaint against the accused, who was subsequently arrested.

The judge in his order said the prosecution proved all charges against the accused with the deposition of seven witnesses, including the investigating officer in the case.

"Therefore, the accused needs to be convicted and sentenced," the judge said. PTI COR GK GK 12221142 NNNNm.

"It might have been different had we got beat, then maybe some people would have said we were wasting our time or whatever," acknowledged Andy Robertson.

"But for us even if we did lose it was all worthwhile because we had a chance to win a trophy that the club had never won before."

He added that "2019 has been incredible, we have won three trophies and hopefully in 2020 there is a couple more for us."

Liverpool will continue their defence of the Champions League with a last-16 tie against Atletico Madrid in February, and host local rivals Everton in the FA Cup third round on January 5.

However, the Premier League is the one they really have in their sights as they seek a first English title since 1990.

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As well as the trophies in 2019, Klopp's team have not lost a league game since their very first outing of the year, at Manchester City. They have won 25 and drawn one of their last 26 in the Premier League.

There was more good news for them on Saturday as nearest rivals Leicester City lost 3-1 at Manchester City, leaving Liverpool 10 points clear at the top with a game in hand.

Klopp's squad have little time for celebrations, however, as they return to England to prepare to visit Leicester on Thursday.

But while a week in Qatar might have seemed like an unwanted distraction for some in a busy schedule, Klopp was keen to point out that his team have still played the same number of games as their challengers.

"If we hadn't played here tonight we would have played at West Ham, so the same number of games, the same situation, and the difference is the climate, even if it was not as warm as probably Europeans would have expected at the moment," said the German.

"It is still something we have to adapt to. But that is the only thing that is special, so it's all good, and we need to make sure that we come home safely, and recover in the plane already, and then prepare the Leicester game."

With several players already out, however, the downside was seeing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain go off hurt in the second half against Flamengo, and the midfielder may be set for another spell on the sidelines.

"When he was landing he got a kick and rolled over. It is far away from being perfect, but we will see if the ligament is only stretched, or ruptured partly," Klopp said.

"It's a big shadow again but that's how it is in contact sport." AFP

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