James Waithe (born 30 December 1961) is a former judoka who represented Barbados at the 1988 Summer Olympics,[1] and England at the 2006 Commonwealth Judo Championships.
In November 2009, Waithe was convicted of drugs offences in Bristol, England.
[2] He was reportedly the enforcer and debt collector for drug lord Craig Rodel, whose gang turned in over £50 million a year from trafficking cocaine, MDMA, heroin and firearms.
In one incident Waithe and an associate tied a man to a chair, beat him with nunchuks, stuck a cigarette in his ear and put his hands in a toaster.
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