A man who laced sweets with sedative and provided them to minors at a summer program in Leicestershire has confessed to sexual crimes against two young males both nine and 10.
The accused was detained after eight youngsters and a grown-up experienced illness at the location in the summer month.
The 76-year-old, from that region, confessed to a total of 17 charges when he was present at Leicester Crown Court on recently.
Yet, he refused to admit a single sexual charge he was charged with, which was concerning a young boy.
The defendant was held in detention prior to a subsequent court date on 28 November.
'Candy game'
The legal representative, handling the case, detailed Ruben's offending to the court.
She stated his victims were under-privileged children who were attending a youth camp which he ran.
Ruben engaged in a "candy game" with the children, the legal counsel explained, in which he would enter the children's bedrooms when they were getting ready for bed and tell them to consume candy "as quickly as they can".
She told the court Ruben had played this game with the boys "for many years", and youngsters had previously become sick the subsequent day.
She said the man had been capable of justifying this repeatedly as the youngsters being "overstimulated by activities", until his stepson had worries in recently.
Mrs Prior KC stated further: "This year his stepson had worries about what was going on, with valid cause.
"They decided to examine in the defendant's belongings."
Mrs Prior KC said materials including infant oil, Vaseline and syringes were located, and his stepchild alerted the authorities about his worries.
She explained Ruben went on to engage in the "candy game" with six children that night - Saturday 26 July - and they were all ill the following morning.
"The police had not arrived by that point," she stated further.
The regulatory agency, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, earlier informed that it was reviewing Leicestershire Police's handling of the situation.
The prosecutor stated the children were having difficulty walking due to being ill, so Ruben's stepson called the authorities again.
She said the defendant then conducted the "sweet game" in a space of five youngsters.
