Antony James
Antony John James is a convicted rapist, former English competitive swimmer. He represented Great Britain in the Olympics, the FINA World Aquatics Championships and the LEN [European Aquatics Championships|European Championships], and England in the Commonwealth Games where he won silver in 2010 in Delhi in the Swimming at the [2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 metres butterfly]. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the Swimming at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|men's 100-metre butterfly]. Alongside swimming he has completed a BSc in Psychology at Plymouth University.
In September 2024, James went on trial for 16 sexual offences including the alleged rape of two teenage girls between 2012 and 2022; he denied all charges. On 16 October, James was found guilty of raping both girls, as well as "sexually touching" one when she was under 16, and soliciting sexually explicit pictures from the other when she was also under 16. He was found not guilty of two further image-related offences and of one charge of controlling behaviour, with the jury unable to reach a verdict on six separate charges. On 26 February 2025, James was sentenced to prison for 21 years, and placed on the sex offenders' registry for life.