An individual who spiked candy with sleeping medication and gave them to children at a youth camp in the area has confessed to sexual crimes against two young males both nine and ten years old.
The accused was arrested after eight youngsters and one adult fell ill at Stathern Lodge in mid-summer.
The elderly man, from the Nottinghamshire area, pleaded guilty to a series of 17 offences when he appeared at Leicester Crown Court on recently.
Nevertheless, he refused to admit one of the sexual offences he was charged with, which was involving a young boy.
Ruben was kept in jail before a additional proceeding on 28 November.
'Sweet game'
The prosecutor, handling the case, outlined the defendant's actions to the legal proceedings.
She stated his targets were under-privileged children who were attending a summer camp which he managed.
The man played a "treat game" with the minors, Mrs Prior said, in which he would enter the children's bedrooms when they were getting ready for bed and tell them to ingest treats "as fast as possible".
She stated to the judge Ruben had engaged in this activity with the boys "over an extended period", and youngsters had previously fallen ill the next day.
She explained Ruben had been successful in rationalizing this for many years as the children being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had worries in recently.
The prosecutor continued: "In the summer" his family member had worries about what was going on, with valid cause.
"They chose" to examine in the man's possessions."
The legal counsel explained items including lubricant, petroleum jelly and syringes were found, and his stepson alerted the law enforcement about his suspicions.
She explained Ruben proceeded to conduct the "treat game" with six youngsters that night - Saturday 26 July - and they were all ill the next day.
"Authorities" had not responded by that time," she stated further.
The oversight body, the police conduct office, had stated that it was examining Leicestershire Police's handling of the events.
The legal representative explained the children were having difficulty walking due to being ill, so the family member called the authorities once more.
She said the man then conducted the "treat game" in a space of five children.
