James Waithe (born 30 December 1961) is a former

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. He was sensei at the University of Bristol Judo club 2001. In November 2009, Waithe was convicted of drugs offences in Bristol, England. He was reportedly the enforcer and debt collector for drug lord Craig Rodel, whose gang turned in over £50 million a year from trafficking

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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. Police were alerted to the gang's operations after a burglary was called into a flat owned by Waithe, where police discovered an 'industrial-scale' cocaine factory.

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1961 births Living people Barbadian male judoka Olympic judoka for Barbados Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics British drug traffickers English gangsters English people of Barbadian descent {{Barbados-judo-bio-stub