US Edition76-Year-Old Former Youth Leader Charged Over Sedative-Laced Sweets at Summer Camp
- Jon Ruben, 76, from Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, faced charges of child cruelty at Leicester Magistrates' Court on August 2, concerning three boys attending a summer camp in Leicestershire.
- The charges stem from an incident between July 25 and 29 when children at Stathern Lodge reportedly became ill after allegedly consuming sweets laced with sedatives.
- Nine individuals, including eight boys between the ages of eight and eleven and one adult, were transported to the hospital as a precautionary measure and were all subsequently released; meanwhile, the village hall in Plungar served as a triage location.
- Leicestershire Police arrested Ruben on Monday evening on suspicion of administering poison and have notified the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which will carry out an independent review of how the force managed the case.
- Ruben has been held in custody and is scheduled to face Leicester Crown Court on August 29, as the investigation and legal process proceed amid concerns within the community.
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Man accused of giving children candy laced with sedatives at summer camp
STATHERN, England (WJW) – A man from England has been charged in connection with several children getting sick during a summer camp in July. According to a press release from the Leicestershire Police Department, 76-year-old John Ruben was charged with three counts of ill-treatment of a child after a report was received on July 27 that children at a summer camp being held at Stathern Lodge had become unwell. Vermilion gas station canopy pa…
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Man accused of lacing sweets as kids fall ill at UK camp
LONDON: A 76-year-old man appeared in a British court on Saturday, accused of lacing sweets with sedatives and causing several children to fall unwell at summer camp. John Ruben, from Leicestershire in central England, appeared in court charged with three c
For several children in England it should be the most beautiful week of the summer: they go to a multi-day camp. Some of them and an adult, however, must end up in a clinic. They have probably become victims of poisoning. A suspect is now in custody.
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