A person who laced sweets with sedative and distributed them to youngsters at a youth camp in Leicestershire has admitted sexual offenses against two young males aged between nine and ten.
The accused was detained after eight minors and a grown-up fell ill at the facility in mid-summer.
The senior citizen, from the Nottinghamshire area, pleaded guilty to a total of 17 charges when he stood at Leicester Crown Court on recently.
Nevertheless, he disputed a single sexual charge he was facing, which was involving a nine-year-old child.
The defendant was kept in jail prior to a subsequent court date on 28 November.
'Treat game'
The legal representative, handling the case, outlined Ruben's offending to the court.
She explained his targets were children from difficult backgrounds who were participating in a summer camp which he ran.
Ruben engaged in a "treat game" with the children, the legal counsel stated, in which he would enter the boys' rooms when they were settling down and tell them to eat sweets "as quickly as they can".
She told the court the man had engaged in this activity with the young males "over an extended period", and children had previously fallen ill the following morning.
She said the man had been successful in rationalizing this for many years as the youngsters being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his stepson had concerns in recently.
The prosecutor stated further: "This year his family member had concerns about what was going on, with valid cause.
"They chose" to investigate in the defendant's belongings."
The legal counsel explained objects including infant oil, ointment and injection devices were discovered, and his stepson notified the authorities about his worries.
She stated the man proceeded to engage in the "treat game" with six children that evening - that Saturday - and they were everyone unwell the next day.
"Law enforcement" had not gone out by that point," she added.
The oversight body, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, previously told that it was examining Leicestershire Police's handling of the events.
The legal representative explained the youngsters were having difficulty walking due to their condition, so the stepson contacted the law enforcement a second time.
She stated the man then engaged in the "treat game" in a area of five youngsters.
