76-year-old U.Ok. man accused of giving sedative-laced sweet to children at camp

A 76-year-old man in England was arrested for allegedly giving boys at a summer season camp sweet laced with a sedative, prosecutors stated.

Jon Ruben, who appeared in a courtroom in central England on Saturday to face youngster cruelty prices, was ordered detained till a listening to on Aug. 19. He didn’t enter a plea throughout the temporary listening to at Leicester Magistrates’ Court docket.

A basic view of the scene in Stathern, Leicestershire, after a 76-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of administering poison at a summer season camp, which led to eight youngsters being taken to hospital.

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Police say they acquired a report on Sunday that youngsters had fallen sick at Stathern Lodge, a transformed farmhouse with a sports activities corridor and catering services about 120 miles north of London.

Eight boys between 8 and 11 and one grownup had been taken to a hospital as a precaution. All had been later discharged.

Ruben was arrested on Monday at a pub close to the lodge.

Cops on the scene in Stathern, Leicestershire, after a 76-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of administering poison at a summer season camp, which led to eight youngsters being taken to hospital.

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Ruben, whose dwelling tackle is about 15 miles from the lodge, faces three prices of “wilfully assaulting, ill-treating, neglecting, abandoning or exposing children in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering or injury to health,” relating to 3 boys on the camp.

The lodge is owned by Braithwaite Gospel Belief, a Christian charity. Police careworn that the house owners “are independent from those people who use or hire the lodge and are not connected to the incident.”

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