A person who spiked treats with tranquilliser and distributed them to youngsters at a summer camp in the area has pleaded guilty to sexual offences against two children who were nine and 10.
The accused was arrested after eight youngsters and one adult became sick at the facility in mid-summer.
The senior citizen, from that region, pleaded guilty to a total of 17 charges when he appeared at Leicester Crown Court on recently.
Yet, he denied one of the sexual offences he was accused of, which was concerning a young boy.
The accused was kept in jail ahead of a additional proceeding on late November.
'Candy game'
The legal representative, handling the case, detailed the defendant's actions to the judicial body.
She stated his victims were children from difficult backgrounds who were staying at a youth camp which he operated.
The man conducted a "sweet game" with the children, Mrs Prior said, in which he would go into the children's bedrooms when they were preparing to sleep and request they to ingest treats "as fast as possible".
She told the court Ruben had engaged in this activity with the children "over an extended period", and minors had previously fallen ill the subsequent day.
She said the man had been capable of justifying this repeatedly as the minors being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his family member had worries in recently.
The legal representative stated further: "Recently" his stepchild had suspicions about what was going on, for good reason.
"They resolved" to have a look in the individual's items."
The prosecutor said objects including lubricant, petroleum jelly and syringes were found, and his family member alerted the police about his suspicions.
She said the defendant continued to engage in the "treat game" with six boys that night - that Saturday - and they were all sick the next day.
"Law enforcement" had not arrived by that time," she stated further.
The oversight body, the police conduct office, had stated that it was reviewing Leicestershire Police's handling of the incident.
Mrs Prior explained the youngsters were struggling to walk due to their condition, so the stepson contacted the law enforcement a second time.
She stated the defendant then played the "treat game" in a room of five youngsters.
