Lotto Rapist

Your Honor, I would like to enter the following story into evidence as Exhibit A in the case of The [Agnostic] People vs. Organized Religion.

LONDON (Reuters) - The elderly victim of a convicted rapist lost a legal bid Wednesday to make the attacker pay compensation after he won millions in Britain's national lottery while in prison.

Iorworth Hoare, dubbed the "Lotto Rapist" by the media, had no money when he went to jail for life in 1989. He spent 16 years in jail and while on weekend leave from prison in 2004 he bought a lottery ticket which netted him $12.29 million. [Quick question - why is a serial rapist (pictured above) allowed “weekend leave” while in prison?]

His 77-year-old victim had argued Hoare should be made to pay for his "violent and disgusting sexual assault" that left her mentally scarred. But the appeal was rejected.

At a previous High Court case, a judge ruled Hoare did not have to pay compensation because the woman had made her appeal outside the normal six-year time limit to sue for damages. The judges Wednesday said they were bound to that decision.

Mrs A -- who cannot be named for legal reasons -- says she still suffers from the mental torture she endured from serial rapist Hoare's brutal assault on her. Mrs. A was 59 when Hoare attacked her as she walked in a park in broad daylight in February 1988.

Hoare was guilty of a series of sexual assaults on women, including at least two rapes, and was jailed for life in 1989 for the attempted rape of Mrs A.

She did not sue him for damages at the time because he had no money and any judgment would have been worthless. She received 5,000 pounds from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I conclude that based on this evidence alone – there cannot be a God.