An individual who contaminated candy with sleeping medication and provided them to children at a summer camp in the region has confessed to sexual offences against two young males aged between nine and ten.
The defendant was taken into custody after eight children and a grown-up experienced illness at Stathern Lodge in July.
The senior citizen, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, confessed to a series of 17 offences when he was present at the judicial center on recently.
However, he denied one particular crime he was accused of, which was concerning a nine-year-old boy.
The accused was kept in jail prior to a further hearing on 28 November.
'Treat game'
The prosecutor, prosecuting, detailed the defendant's actions to the court.
She said his victims were under-privileged children who were attending a summer program which he operated.
The man played a "candy game" with the youngsters, the prosecutor stated, in which he would enter the children's bedrooms when they were settling down and request they to eat sweets "rapidly".
She informed the proceedings the man had engaged in this activity with the young males "for many years", and children had previously fallen ill the next day.
She explained the defendant had been able to explain this for many years as the youngsters being "overstimulated by activities", until his stepson had worries in recently.
The legal representative continued: "Recently" his stepchild had concerns about what was going on, for good reason.
"They chose" to investigate in the man's possessions."
The legal counsel stated objects including infant oil, ointment and injection devices were discovered, and his stepson alerted the police about his worries.
She explained the man went on to play the "sweet game" with six children that time - that Saturday - and they were all sick the next day.
"Law enforcement" had not arrived by that stage," she added.
The police watchdog, the investigative body, had stated that it was reviewing the police response of the events.
The prosecutor said the children were having difficulty walking due to being ill, so the stepson notified the authorities a second time.
She stated Ruben then played the "candy game" in a area of five children.
