An individual who spiked treats with sleeping medication and distributed them to youngsters at a youth camp in the region has confessed to sexual offences against two young males who were nine and 10.
The defendant was arrested after eight youngsters and an older person fell ill at the facility in mid-summer.
The 76-year-old, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, confessed to a series of 17 offences when he appeared at the judicial center on the end of the week.
However, he denied a single sexual charge he was charged with, which was against a nine-year-old child.
The accused was held in detention before a additional proceeding on late November.
'Candy game'
The legal representative, prosecuting, detailed the criminal behavior to the legal proceedings.
She stated his those affected were disadvantaged youngsters who were attending a summer camp which he ran.
The defendant played a "candy game" with the children, the legal counsel said, in which he would go into the boys' rooms when they were settling down and tell them to eat sweets "rapidly".
She stated to the judge Ruben had engaged in this activity with the children "repeatedly", and children had previously become sick the subsequent day.
She explained the man had been able to explain this repeatedly as the minors being "overstimulated by activities", until his stepson had worries in recently.
The prosecutor added: "Recently" his stepson had suspicions about what was going on, for good reason.
"They resolved" to examine in the man's possessions."
The legal counsel explained items including baby oil, Vaseline and medical needles were found, and his family member alerted the authorities about his concerns.
She stated Ruben went on to engage in the "candy game" with six children that time - Saturday 26 July - and they were everyone unwell the subsequent day.
"Law enforcement" had not arrived by that time," she continued.
The oversight body, the investigative body, previously told that it was reviewing the police response of the situation.
The prosecutor stated the children were unable to walk properly due to being ill, so Ruben's stepson contacted the authorities again.
She stated Ruben then conducted the "sweet game" in a room of five minors.
