A person who laced sweets with sleeping medication and distributed them to minors at a summer camp in the area has confessed to sexual offenses against two young males both nine and ten years old.
The accused was arrested after eight youngsters and an older person fell ill at the facility in July.
The senior citizen, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, admitted guilt to a total of 17 charges when he was present at Leicester Crown Court on recently.
Yet, he refused to admit one particular crime he was accused of, which was involving a nine-year-old child.
Ruben was kept in jail before a additional proceeding on late November.
'Treat game'
Mary Prior KC, presenting evidence, outlined Ruben's offending to the legal proceedings.
She stated his victims were disadvantaged youngsters who were attending a youth camp which he managed.
The man played a "treat game" with the children, the prosecutor said, in which he would access the children's bedrooms when they were settling down and tell them to eat sweets "as quickly as they can".
She told the court the man had conducted this practice with the young males "for many years", and minors had previously fallen ill the subsequent day.
She said Ruben had been able to explain this repeatedly as the minors being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had concerns in recently.
Mrs Prior KC continued: "In the summer" his stepson had suspicions about what was going on, for good reason.
"They resolved" to investigate in the defendant's belongings."
Mrs Prior KC said objects including infant oil, ointment and injection devices were found, and his family member notified the law enforcement about his concerns.
She stated the man continued to play the "candy game" with six youngsters that time - Saturday 26 July - and they were everyone unwell the following morning.
"Law enforcement" had not gone out by that stage," she stated further.
The regulatory agency, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, previously told that it was reviewing law enforcement's management of the situation.
Mrs Prior said the youngsters were having difficulty walking due to their sickness, so the family member called the law enforcement once more.
She stated the man then engaged in the "candy game" in a area of five minors.
