🔗 Share this article Man pleads guilty to sexual offenses against children at summer camp The defendant pleaded guilty to 17 criminal counts at the judicial center on the end of the week An individual who laced candy with tranquilliser and provided them to youngsters at a summer program in Leicestershire has confessed to sexual offences against two boys aged nine and ten years old. The defendant was detained after eight youngsters and one adult became sick at Stathern Lodge in July. The elderly man, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, confessed to a multiple criminal counts when he was present at the judicial center on the end of the week. Yet, he disputed one of the sexual offences he was facing, which was against a young boy. The defendant was kept in jail ahead of a additional proceeding on 28 November. 'Sweet game' The legal representative, prosecuting, outlined the defendant's actions to the court. She explained his those affected were under-privileged children who were attending a summer camp which he ran. The defendant conducted a "treat game" with the youngsters, the prosecutor explained, in which he would go into the children's bedrooms when they were settling down and request they to eat sweets "rapidly". She stated to the judge the man had engaged in this activity with the children "for many years", and minors had earlier experienced illness the subsequent day. She stated the man had been capable of justifying this over a long period as the youngsters being "overexcited from fun", until his stepson had suspicions in recently. The legal representative stated further: "In the summer" his stepchild had suspicions about the situation, with valid cause. "They decided to examine in the individual's items." The legal counsel explained objects including lubricant, ointment and syringes were discovered, and his stepchild contacted the authorities about his worries. She explained the man continued to conduct the "treat game" with six children that night - that Saturday - and they were all sick the following morning. "Law enforcement" had not gone out by that point," she added. The police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, had stated that it was investigating the police response of the events. The legal representative explained the youngsters were unable to walk properly due to their condition, so the stepson contacted the law enforcement a second time. She said the man then played the "candy game" in a space of five minors.