A person who spiked treats with sleeping medication and gave them to children at a youth camp in the area has pleaded guilty to sexual crimes against two children aged nine and ten years old.
Jon Ruben was detained after eight children and a grown-up experienced illness at Stathern Lodge in July.
The senior citizen, from that region, confessed to a series of 17 offences when he appeared at the judicial center on the end of the week.
Nevertheless, he denied one of the sexual offences he was charged with, which was involving a young boy.
Ruben was kept in jail before a additional proceeding on November 28th.
'Sweet game'
The legal representative, handling the case, outlined the defendant's actions to the legal proceedings.
She said his those affected were disadvantaged youngsters who were participating in a summer program which he managed.
Ruben engaged in a "treat game" with the youngsters, the legal counsel said, in which he would enter the boys' rooms when they were getting ready for bed and ask them to eat sweets "as quickly as they can".
She informed the proceedings the man had played this game with the boys "over an extended period", and children had previously fallen ill the following morning.
She explained the defendant had been able to explain this repeatedly as the youngsters being "overexcited from fun", until his stepchild had worries in summer 2025.
Mrs Prior KC stated further: "In the summer" his stepchild had worries about the situation, for good reason.
"They chose" to have a look in the man's possessions."
Mrs Prior KC explained items including baby oil, ointment and medical needles were discovered, and his stepson contacted the police about his concerns.
She explained the defendant proceeded to play the "treat game" with six boys that evening - that Saturday - and they were all ill the next day.
"Authorities" had not arrived by that point," she continued.
The oversight body, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, earlier informed that it was examining the police response of the events.
The prosecutor said the youngsters were having difficulty walking due to their sickness, so the family member called the authorities once more.
She said the man then played the "treat game" in a area of five minors.
