An individual who laced treats with tranquilliser and gave them to minors at a summer program in the region has confessed to sexual crimes against two boys both nine and ten years old.
The defendant was detained after eight youngsters and one adult fell ill at Stathern Lodge in the summer month.
The 76-year-old, from the Nottinghamshire area, admitted guilt to a series of 17 offences when he appeared at the courthouse on Friday.
However, he denied a single sexual charge he was charged with, which was against a nine-year-old boy.
Ruben was kept in jail prior to a further hearing on late November.
'Sweet game'
The prosecutor, presenting evidence, detailed the defendant's actions to the legal proceedings.
She stated his targets were disadvantaged youngsters who were participating in a youth camp which he ran.
The man conducted a "candy game" with the youngsters, the legal counsel stated, in which he would access the children's bedrooms when they were getting ready for bed and request they to eat sweets "as quickly as they can".
She told the court the man had played this game with the children "over an extended period", and minors had earlier experienced illness the next day.
She said the defendant had been successful in rationalizing this for many years as the minors being "overstimulated by activities", until his stepson had concerns in recently.
The legal representative stated further: "This year his family member had suspicions about what was going on, with valid cause.
"They resolved" to examine in the man's possessions."
The prosecutor explained materials including infant oil, petroleum jelly and syringes were located, and his family member contacted the police about his worries.
She stated Ruben continued to play the "candy game" with six boys that time - July 26th - and they were everyone unwell the subsequent day.
"Law enforcement" had not arrived by that stage," she added.
The police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, previously told that it was investigating law enforcement's management of the incident.
The prosecutor explained the youngsters were struggling to walk due to being ill, so the stepson called the police a second time.
She explained the defendant then engaged in the "sweet game" in a area of five youngsters.
