An individual who contaminated sweets with sleeping medication and gave them to minors at a summer program in the region has confessed to sexual crimes against two children who were between nine and ten.
The accused was arrested after eight children and a grown-up experienced illness at Stathern Lodge in mid-summer.
The elderly man, from the Nottinghamshire area, pleaded guilty to a total of 17 charges when he appeared at the judicial center on recently.
Yet, he disputed one particular crime he was accused of, which was involving a nine-year-old child.
The defendant was kept in jail prior to a further hearing on November 28th.
'Candy game'
Mary Prior KC, handling the case, described the defendant's actions to the court.
She stated his victims were disadvantaged youngsters who were staying at a youth camp which he ran.
Ruben engaged in a "treat game" with the youngsters, Mrs Prior stated, in which he would access the children's bedrooms when they were getting ready for bed and ask them to eat sweets "rapidly".
She informed the proceedings the man had played this game with the young males "repeatedly", and minors had earlier experienced illness the subsequent day.
She stated the defendant had been successful in rationalizing this repeatedly as the minors being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had concerns in recently.
The legal representative continued: "In the summer" his family member had worries about the situation, justifiably.
"They chose" to investigate in the defendant's belongings."
Mrs Prior KC said items including lubricant, ointment and injection devices were located, and his stepson alerted the police about his suspicions.
She stated Ruben proceeded to conduct the "sweet game" with six youngsters that time - July 26th - and they were all ill the subsequent day.
"Law enforcement" had not gone out by that point," she added.
The oversight body, the investigative body, earlier informed that it was investigating Leicestershire Police's handling of the incident.
Mrs Prior stated the children were unable to walk properly due to being ill, so Ruben's stepson called the police a second time.
She said Ruben then played the "sweet game" in a room of five children.
