A person who laced treats with sleeping medication and distributed them to minors at a summer camp in Leicestershire has confessed to sexual crimes against two boys aged nine and 10.
Jon Ruben was arrested after eight children and an older person fell ill at Stathern Lodge in mid-summer.
The 76-year-old, from that region, confessed to a multiple criminal counts when he was present at the judicial center on recently.
However, he denied a single sexual charge he was facing, which was concerning a nine-year-old child.
The accused was held in detention ahead of a additional proceeding on late November.
'Candy game'
The prosecutor, handling the case, described the defendant's actions to the legal proceedings.
She stated his victims were under-privileged children who were staying at a youth camp which he ran.
Ruben engaged in a "candy game" with the minors, Mrs Prior explained, in which he would enter the children's bedrooms when they were settling down and request they to eat sweets "as fast as possible".
She told the court the man had conducted this practice with the young males "for many years", and minors had previously become sick the subsequent day.
She explained the defendant had been able to explain this repeatedly as the minors being "overexcited from fun", until his stepson had suspicions in recently.
The legal representative stated further: "In the summer" his stepchild had concerns about what was going on, justifiably.
"They resolved" to investigate in the defendant's belongings."
Mrs Prior KC said materials including lubricant, Vaseline and injection devices were located, and his stepchild contacted the law enforcement about his concerns.
She stated the defendant continued to engage in the "sweet game" with six children that time - July 26th - and they were everyone unwell the following morning.
"The police had not arrived by that stage," she added.
The oversight body, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, earlier informed that it was examining the police response of the events.
The legal representative said the children were having difficulty walking due to their condition, so the stepson notified the authorities a second time.
She explained Ruben then engaged in the "candy game" in a room of five youngsters.
