A man who laced sweets with sedative and gave them to youngsters at a summer camp in the area has admitted sexual crimes against two young males aged nine and ten years old.
The accused was taken into custody after eight children and a grown-up experienced illness at Stathern Lodge in mid-summer.
The elderly man, from the Nottinghamshire area, admitted guilt to a series of 17 offences when he appeared at the courthouse on recently.
However, he refused to admit one of the sexual offences he was accused of, which was involving a nine-year-old boy.
Ruben was kept in jail before a further hearing on 28 November.
'Treat game'
The legal representative, prosecuting, outlined Ruben's offending to the judicial body.
She stated his those affected were children from difficult backgrounds who were participating in a youth camp which he operated.
Ruben conducted a "sweet game" with the youngsters, the legal counsel explained, in which he would go into the children's bedrooms when they were settling down and request they to eat sweets "as quickly as they can".
She told the court Ruben had played this game with the young males "repeatedly", and children had previously fallen ill the subsequent day.
She explained Ruben had been able to explain this for many years as the children being "overstimulated by activities", until his stepson had suspicions in recently.
The prosecutor stated further: "This year his stepchild had suspicions about the situation, for good reason.
"They decided to investigate in the individual's items."
The legal counsel stated items including infant oil, petroleum jelly and injection devices were located, and his stepchild notified the authorities about his worries.
She said the man went on to play the "treat game" with six children that evening - July 26th - and they were everyone unwell the next day.
"The police had not arrived by that point," she stated further.
The regulatory agency, the investigative body, had stated that it was examining law enforcement's management of the incident.
Mrs Prior said the youngsters were struggling to walk due to their condition, so Ruben's stepson called the authorities a second time.
She explained Ruben then conducted the "treat game" in a space of five children.
