An individual who laced sweets with sleeping medication and provided them to minors at a youth camp in Leicestershire has pleaded guilty to sexual offenses against two children who were nine and ten years old.
The defendant was taken into custody after eight youngsters and one adult became sick at the location in the summer month.
The elderly man, from that region, confessed to a multiple criminal counts when he stood at Leicester Crown Court on recently.
Yet, he denied a single sexual charge he was charged with, which was concerning a nine-year-old boy.
The accused was kept in jail prior to a additional proceeding on November 28th.
'Candy game'
The legal representative, prosecuting, detailed the defendant's actions to the legal proceedings.
She said his targets were disadvantaged youngsters who were attending a summer camp which he ran.
Ruben engaged in a "candy game" with the minors, Mrs Prior stated, in which he would access the sleeping quarters when they were settling down and tell them to eat sweets "as quickly as they can".
She stated to the judge the man had conducted this practice with the children "repeatedly", and children had previously become sick the next day.
She explained Ruben had been successful in rationalizing this repeatedly as the minors being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had concerns in recently.
Mrs Prior KC stated further: "This year his stepchild had suspicions about the situation, with valid cause.
"They decided to have a look in the individual's items."
The prosecutor said materials including infant oil, petroleum jelly and medical needles were discovered, and his stepson alerted the police about his worries.
She stated the man went on to play the "treat game" with six boys that night - July 26th - and they were all ill the next day.
"Law enforcement" had not gone out by that stage," she stated further.
The police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, previously told that it was investigating Leicestershire Police's handling of the events.
The legal representative explained the minors were unable to walk properly due to their sickness, so the stepson notified the authorities again.
She said Ruben then conducted the "candy game" in a room of five youngsters.
