March 2016 Family party DJ exposed as convicted child rapist A CHILD rapist who served eight years in jail is working as a DJ at parties and weddings. David Barrie Klein, who now lives in Carlisle was found guilty of indecent assault, gross indecency, attempted rape and rape of the same schoolgirl. But after being released in 2004, he went into the entertainment business, running a mobile disco service called Starlight. His website includes several videos of him at parties – one shows young girls dancing near his DJ stand. It also features reviews from satisfied customers who are unaware of his sordid crimes. One wrote: “Thanks Dave for an amazing night you were the best ever DJ at my daughter’s 18th, so attentive and accommodating. A great night was had by all.” Another added: “You did a great job and catered for all ages so that everyone felt included. By the end of the night you felt like part of the family!” An audio message on the site tells potential clients: “So you wanna dance and have a ball? Give Dave at Starlight a call.” And Carlisle-based Klein, 56, adds: “My prices are reasonable and my standards and equipment is always to a high standard and regularly upgraded.” A member of the public who knew about his sordid past blew the whistle on his £150-a-gig business. They contacted anti-paedophile campaigner Chris, who runs a website tracking freed perverts and this database The whistleblower said: “He is a Schedule One offender and ruins lives. People should be aware of this dangerous man.” Schedule One offences are serious sexual and violent crimes carried out against children aged under 18. At his trial at Leeds Crown Court in 1999 the jury heard the victim say via video link that Klein had “done something wrong to her” almost every week, beginning when she was 11. Klein later risked fresh trauma for his victim and her family by seeking leave to appeal against his conviction which, if overturned, could have meant the ordeal of a second trial. But his plea was thrown out with the judge noting it was the prosecution’s case that his crimes were a “catalogue of sickening abuse on a young girl culminating in her rape”, over a period of two years. The judge concluded: “The issues of fact were fairly put before the jury. They were fully and comprehensibly directed. “There is, in our view, not a hint that the applicant’s case was not properly put before the court. In our view, the criticisms of the conduct of his defence are unwarranted.”