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Pensioner to enter pleas over ‘sweets laced with sedatives’ at summer camp

A 76-year-old man will appear in court for a plea hearing after children became unwell at a summer camp where sweets were allegedly laced with sedatives. Jon Ruben, of Wayte Court in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, is charged with child cruelty ...

29 Aug 2025 at 00:02

Trial date set for man accused over ‘sweets laced with sedatives’ at summer camp

A trial date has been set for a 76-year-old man charged with child cruelty offences after children became unwell at a summer camp where sweets were allegedly laced with sedatives. Jon Ruben appeared at Leicester Crown Court on Friday with ...

29 Aug 2025 at 12:18

Summer camp leader admits ‘sweet game’ child cruelty and sex offences

A former vet has admitted drugging and sexually assaulting two boys at a summer camp and child cruelty towards six other victims. Leicester Crown Court was told Jon Ruben, 76, laced sweets with tranquilising drugs and attacked two ...

14 Nov 2025 at 17:23

Summer camp leader admits drugging wife while he sexually assaulted children

A former vet who drugged children with sweets at a summer camp before sexually assaulting them has admitted drugging his wife so she would not wake while the abuse took place. Jon Ruben had previously admitted sexually assaulting ...

04 Feb 2026 at 15:13

Summer camp leader jailed for drugging and sexually abusing young boys

A former vet has been jailed for 23 years and 10 months after drugging and sexually abusing young boys at summer camps. Jon Ruben, who was labelled by his wife as a “sadistic, monstrous paedophile”, used the “cloak of ...

06 Feb 2026 at 19:13

Former vet who drugged wife while he sexually assaulted children to be sentenced

A former vet who drugged children with sweets at a summer camp before sexually assaulting them, and drugged his wife so she would not wake while the abuse took place, will be sentenced on Friday. Summer camp leader ...

06 Feb 2026 at 00:03

Camp leader used ‘cloak of Christianity’ to sexually abuse boys, court told

A former vet used the “cloak of Christianity” to sexually abuse vulnerable young boys after lacing sweets with drugs at summer camps, a court heard. Camp leader Jon Ruben had honed his skill of poisoning “over ...

06 Feb 2026 at 11:40

Camp leader who abused boys is ‘monstrous paedophile’, wife tells court

A summer camp leader who sexually abused young boys after lacing sweets with tranquilising drugs is a “sadistic, monstrous paedophile”, his wife has told a court. Former vet Jon Ruben is due to be sentenced ...

06 Feb 2026 at 14:19

Police officers investigated over response to summer camp abuse

Police officers and members of staff from two forces are being investigated for gross misconduct over their response to concerns about a summer camp where children were given drug-laced sweets and sexually ...

09 Feb 2026 at 12:59

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