A person who laced treats with sedative and provided them to minors at a summer camp in Leicestershire has pleaded guilty to sexual offences against two children both nine and 10.
The accused was detained after eight children and a grown-up experienced illness at Stathern Lodge in the summer month.
The elderly man, from that region, pleaded guilty to a multiple criminal counts when he stood at the courthouse on recently.
Yet, he refused to admit one particular crime he was charged with, which was against a nine-year-old boy.
The defendant was kept in jail ahead of a further hearing on late November.
'Candy game'
The legal representative, prosecuting, described Ruben's offending to the court.
She said his targets were under-privileged children who were staying at a summer program which he operated.
Ruben engaged in a "treat game" with the children, the prosecutor stated, in which he would enter the boys' rooms when they were getting ready for bed and ask them to consume candy "rapidly".
She told the court Ruben had played this game with the boys "repeatedly", and children had previously become sick the subsequent day.
She explained the defendant had been able to explain this over a long period as the youngsters being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had worries in recently.
The legal representative added: "This year his stepchild had worries about what was going on, for good reason.
"They chose" to investigate in the defendant's belongings."
The legal counsel explained materials including lubricant, ointment and injection devices were located, and his family member contacted the police about his suspicions.
She explained the man continued to play the "candy game" with six youngsters that night - Saturday 26 July - and they were everyone unwell the subsequent day.
"Law enforcement" had not arrived by that time," she added.
The oversight body, the investigative body, previously told that it was examining Leicestershire Police's handling of the situation.
The prosecutor explained the children were struggling to walk due to being ill, so the family member contacted the law enforcement a second time.
She explained the defendant then conducted the "sweet game" in a room of five minors.
