A man who contaminated sweets with sedative and provided them to youngsters at a summer program in the region has confessed to sexual offences against two young males aged nine and ten years old.
The defendant was taken into custody after eight minors and one adult fell ill at the facility in July.
The elderly man, from that region, pleaded guilty to a total of 17 charges when he stood at the judicial center on the end of the week.
However, he disputed one of the sexual offences he was charged with, which was involving a nine-year-old child.
The accused was remanded in custody ahead of a additional proceeding on 28 November.
'Treat game'
The prosecutor, prosecuting, detailed Ruben's offending to the judicial body.
She explained his victims were disadvantaged youngsters who were staying at a youth camp which he operated.
The man engaged in a "candy game" with the children, the prosecutor explained, in which he would go into the children's bedrooms when they were preparing to sleep and ask them to consume candy "as quickly as they can".
She informed the proceedings the man had engaged in this activity with the young males "for many years", and children had earlier experienced illness the subsequent day.
She stated the defendant had been able to explain this repeatedly as the minors being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had suspicions in recently.
The prosecutor stated further: "Recently" his stepson had concerns about what was going on, for good reason.
"They chose" to investigate in the individual's items."
The prosecutor stated items including lubricant, Vaseline and injection devices were discovered, and his stepson alerted the authorities about his concerns.
She explained Ruben proceeded to play the "candy game" with six children that evening - July 26th - and they were everyone unwell the following morning.
"The police had not arrived by that stage," she stated further.
The police watchdog, the investigative body, earlier informed that it was investigating Leicestershire Police's handling of the events.
Mrs Prior explained the youngsters were having difficulty walking due to their condition, so the stepson contacted the law enforcement a second time.
She stated the man then engaged in the "treat game" in a area of five minors.
