An individual who spiked sweets with sleeping medication and provided them to children at a summer program in the area has confessed to sexual crimes against two young males who were nine and ten years old.
The defendant was detained after eight children and one adult fell ill at Stathern Lodge in mid-summer.
The 76-year-old, from that region, confessed to a total of 17 charges when he stood at the judicial center on the end of the week.
Yet, he denied one of the sexual offences he was charged with, which was involving a nine-year-old boy.
The accused was kept in jail prior to a subsequent court date on November 28th.
'Candy game'
The prosecutor, presenting evidence, outlined the criminal behavior to the court.
She said his targets were disadvantaged youngsters who were attending a summer camp which he ran.
The defendant engaged in a "sweet game" with the youngsters, the prosecutor said, in which he would enter the boys' rooms when they were settling down and tell them to consume candy "as fast as possible".
She told the court the defendant had engaged in this activity with the young males "for many years", and minors had previously fallen ill the next day.
She said Ruben had been capable of justifying this repeatedly as the youngsters being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had suspicions in recently.
The legal representative continued: "Recently" his stepchild had suspicions about the situation, for good reason.
"They chose" to have a look in the man's possessions."
The legal counsel said objects including lubricant, ointment and syringes were located, and his stepchild alerted the authorities about his worries.
She explained the man continued to conduct the "sweet game" with six youngsters that night - July 26th - and they were everyone unwell the subsequent day.
"Law enforcement" had not gone out by that stage," she added.
The regulatory agency, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, previously told that it was reviewing Leicestershire Police's handling of the situation.
Mrs Prior explained the children were having difficulty walking due to being ill, so the family member contacted the law enforcement once more.
She said the man then conducted the "treat game" in a space of five minors.
