A person who contaminated candy with sleeping medication and provided them to minors at a summer camp in Leicestershire has admitted sexual offenses against two boys who were nine and ten years old.
The accused was taken into custody after eight children and an older person became sick at the facility in mid-summer.
The senior citizen, from the Nottinghamshire area, admitted guilt to a multiple criminal counts when he stood at Leicester Crown Court on the end of the week.
However, he disputed a single sexual charge he was accused of, which was concerning a nine-year-old child.
Ruben was remanded in custody ahead of a additional proceeding on late November.
'Candy game'
Mary Prior KC, prosecuting, outlined the criminal behavior to the court.
She stated his those affected were children from difficult backgrounds who were staying at a youth camp which he ran.
Ruben conducted a "candy game" with the children, the legal counsel said, in which he would access the children's bedrooms when they were preparing to sleep and request they to eat sweets "as quickly as they can".
She stated to the judge the man had engaged in this activity with the boys "for many years", and minors had earlier experienced illness the following morning.
She said Ruben had been capable of justifying this repeatedly as the minors being "overstimulated by activities", until his stepchild had suspicions in recently.
The legal representative added: "In the summer" his stepchild had suspicions about the situation, for good reason.
"They chose" to have a look in the defendant's belongings."
The prosecutor stated objects including lubricant, ointment and syringes were discovered, and his family member alerted the authorities about his worries.
She stated the man continued to play the "sweet game" with six children that time - Saturday 26 July - and they were all ill the subsequent day.
"The police had not gone out by that point," she continued.
The regulatory agency, the police conduct office, earlier informed that it was reviewing Leicestershire Police's handling of the situation.
The prosecutor stated the minors were having difficulty walking due to being ill, so the family member called the police a second time.
She explained the defendant then played the "sweet game" in a room of five youngsters.
