Winnipeg Free Press Save to Read Later Given the chance to speak to a judge, a Winnipeg man convicted of an unprovoked hammer attack on a 15-year-old boy showed no concern for his victim, but instead argued he was being treated like a killer. Given the chance to speak to a judge, a Winnipeg man convicted of an unprovoked hammer attack on a 15-year-old boy showed no concern for his victim, but instead argued he was being treated like a killer. At a sentencing hearing Wednesday, Crown attorney Ari Milo urged a judge to sentence Jerry Kipling to 12 years in prison for the May 30, 2020, attack in which the claw end of a hammer became embedded in the boy’s skull.