An individual who contaminated sweets with sleeping medication and gave them to minors at a youth camp in the region has confessed to sexual crimes against two children both nine and ten years old.
The defendant was detained after eight minors and an older person experienced illness at Stathern Lodge in July.
The senior citizen, from the Nottinghamshire area, confessed to a multiple criminal counts when he stood at the judicial center on recently.
However, he disputed a single sexual charge he was facing, which was concerning a nine-year-old boy.
The defendant was kept in jail ahead of a additional proceeding on November 28th.
'Sweet game'
The prosecutor, handling the case, detailed the defendant's actions to the legal proceedings.
She explained his victims were children from difficult backgrounds who were staying at a summer camp which he managed.
The defendant conducted a "treat game" with the children, the prosecutor stated, in which he would enter the boys' rooms when they were settling down and tell them to consume candy "as fast as possible".
She informed the proceedings Ruben had played this game with the boys "over an extended period", and minors had earlier experienced illness the subsequent day.
She said the defendant had been capable of justifying this for many years as the youngsters being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had suspicions in summer 2025.
The legal representative continued: "Recently" his stepson had suspicions about what was going on, for good reason.
"They resolved" to investigate in the defendant's belongings."
The prosecutor stated items including lubricant, petroleum jelly and medical needles were located, and his stepchild alerted the police about his concerns.
She said Ruben proceeded to conduct the "treat game" with six children that night - Saturday 26 July - and they were all ill the following morning.
"The police had not gone out by that time," she added.
The oversight body, the investigative body, previously told that it was examining the police response of the incident.
The prosecutor explained the youngsters were having difficulty walking due to their condition, so Ruben's stepson notified the authorities a second time.
She stated Ruben then engaged in the "treat game" in a area of five minors.
