A person who contaminated sweets with sedative and distributed them to children at a summer camp in the area has confessed to sexual crimes against two boys both nine and ten years old.
The accused was taken into custody after eight youngsters and an older person fell ill at the location in mid-summer.
The senior citizen, from the Nottinghamshire area, confessed to a series of 17 offences when he was present at the courthouse on recently.
Nevertheless, he denied one particular crime he was facing, which was against a young boy.
The defendant was held in detention prior to a additional proceeding on 28 November.
'Sweet game'
The legal representative, presenting evidence, detailed Ruben's offending to the court.
She explained his targets were under-privileged children who were participating in a summer program which he ran.
Ruben played a "treat game" with the youngsters, the prosecutor explained, in which he would go into the boys' rooms when they were preparing to sleep and tell them to eat sweets "as quickly as they can".
She informed the proceedings the man had conducted this practice with the young males "repeatedly", and minors had previously fallen ill the following morning.
She said Ruben had been able to explain this for many years as the children being "overwrought by enjoyment", until his family member had concerns in recently.
The legal representative added: "In the summer" his stepchild had suspicions about what was going on, justifiably.
"They decided to investigate in the individual's items."
The prosecutor explained objects including baby oil, Vaseline and injection devices were found, and his family member contacted the law enforcement about his worries.
She said the defendant proceeded to conduct the "sweet game" with six youngsters that night - July 26th - and they were all ill the subsequent day.
"Law enforcement" had not responded by that time," she stated further.
The police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, previously told that it was examining law enforcement's management of the incident.
The legal representative explained the minors were unable to walk properly due to their sickness, so the family member called the police again.
She stated the defendant then played the "sweet game" in a room of five children.
