An individual who laced candy with sedative and provided them to minors at a summer camp in Leicestershire has confessed to sexual offenses against two young males aged nine and 10.
The defendant was detained after eight youngsters and an older person fell ill at the facility in July.
The senior citizen, from that region, admitted guilt to a total of 17 charges when he stood at Leicester Crown Court on recently.
Yet, he refused to admit a single sexual charge he was accused of, which was involving a nine-year-old boy.
Ruben was held in detention ahead of a further hearing on 28 November.
'Sweet game'
The legal representative, handling the case, outlined the criminal behavior to the legal proceedings.
She explained his those affected were under-privileged children who were attending a youth camp which he operated.
The defendant engaged in a "treat game" with the children, Mrs Prior said, in which he would enter the children's bedrooms when they were preparing to sleep and ask them to eat sweets "rapidly".
She informed the proceedings Ruben had engaged in this activity with the boys "repeatedly", and minors had previously fallen ill the next day.
She said Ruben had been able to explain this repeatedly as the youngsters being "overexcited from fun", until his stepchild had suspicions in recently.
The prosecutor continued: "In the summer" his stepson had worries about the situation, justifiably.
"They resolved" to have a look in the man's possessions."
Mrs Prior KC stated items including baby oil, petroleum jelly and medical needles were found, and his stepchild alerted the law enforcement about his worries.
She said Ruben went on to engage in the "treat game" with six children that time - that Saturday - and they were all ill the next day.
"Authorities" had not gone out by that point," she added.
The oversight body, the police conduct office, previously told that it was investigating law enforcement's management of the incident.
Mrs Prior stated the youngsters were struggling to walk due to their condition, so the family member contacted the police again.
She said the defendant then played the "sweet game" in a area of five minors.
