Fiend admits drugging his wife so she would not wake while he sexually abused children in summer camp poisoning

A PENSIONER who sexually abused children at a summer camp after giving them sedative-laced sweets has admitted also drugging his wife.

Jon Ruben, 76, preyed on two boys, aged nine and ten, at Stathern Lodge in Leicestershire after knocking them out.

Eight children – all boys aged between eight and 11 – and one adult were taken to hospital following the horror.

Ruben appeared at Leicester Crown Court today where he pleaded guilty to drugging his wife.

He admitted the offence of unlawfully and maliciously administered a noxious substance with intent to injure, aggrieve, or annoy, after giving a voluntary interview.

The court heard he drugged his wife over three days between 26 and 29 July.

It comes after he previously admitted a total of 17 charges – including drugging and sexually assaulting the two boys.

He also admitted child cruelty towards six other victims and three counts of possessing a controlled drug of class C – flubromazolam, diazepam, and temazepam – and three counts of making indecent photos of children.

But he denied one of the sexual offences he was charged with against a nine-year-old boy.

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