BBC Information, Leicester
FbA 76-year-old man has appeared in courtroom going through allegations he laced kids’s sweets with sedatives at a summer time camp in Leicestershire.
Jon Ruben was arrested as a part of a Leicestershire Police investigation after eight kids and one grownup on the camp at Stathern Lodge, Stathern, had been taken to hospital on Monday. All have since been discharged.
Mr Ruben, of Wayte Court docket, off Landmere Lane in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, has been charged with three counts of wilful in poor health therapy of a kid, relating to a few boys, between 25 July and 29 July.
The defendant gave no indication of pleas to the fees in the course of the quick listening to at Leicester Magistrates’ Court docket on Saturday.
NEMMMr Ruben faces costs that he wilfully assaulted, ill-treated, uncared for, deserted or uncovered three boys to pointless struggling or harm to well being.
He was remanded in custody and can seem at Leicester Crown Court docket on 29 August.
Police mentioned it first acquired a report that kids at a summer time camp on the location had develop into unwell on Sunday.
The eight kids – who had been all boys aged between eight and 11 – and an grownup had been taken to hospital as a precaution.
The police watchdog, the Impartial Workplace for Police Conduct (IOPC), mentioned it was investigating the power’s dealing with of the incident.
