A person who spiked sweets with tranquilliser and gave them to children at a summer camp in Leicestershire has confessed to sexual offenses against two young males who were between nine and ten.
The accused was taken into custody after eight children and one adult fell ill at the location in the summer month.
The 76-year-old, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, admitted guilt to a total of 17 charges when he stood at the courthouse on recently.
However, he denied a single sexual charge he was accused of, which was concerning a nine-year-old boy.
Ruben was held in detention prior to a subsequent court date on November 28th.
'Candy game'
The legal representative, prosecuting, outlined Ruben's offending to the judicial body.
She said his targets were disadvantaged youngsters who were participating in a summer camp which he operated.
Ruben engaged in a "treat game" with the youngsters, the legal counsel said, in which he would go into the boys' rooms when they were settling down and ask them to eat sweets "as fast as possible".
She told the court Ruben had engaged in this activity with the children "repeatedly", and children had previously become sick the next day.
She explained the defendant had been able to explain this repeatedly as the children being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had suspicions in recently.
Mrs Prior KC added: "This year his stepson had suspicions about the activities, with valid cause.
"They decided to have a look in the defendant's belongings."
The prosecutor stated items including baby oil, Vaseline and medical needles were discovered, and his stepson notified the police about his suspicions.
She stated the man proceeded to conduct the "treat game" with six boys that evening - July 26th - and they were all ill the subsequent day.
"The police had not arrived by that time," she added.
The regulatory agency, the investigative body, earlier informed that it was reviewing the police response of the events.
The prosecutor explained the youngsters were having difficulty walking due to their sickness, so Ruben's stepson notified the authorities a second time.
She explained the man then played the "treat game" in a area of five children.
