A person who contaminated sweets with sleeping medication and provided them to children at a youth camp in the region has pleaded guilty to sexual offences against two young males who were nine and ten years old.
The accused was taken into custody after eight children and a grown-up experienced illness at the facility in July.
The elderly man, from that region, pleaded guilty to a multiple criminal counts when he stood at the courthouse on recently.
However, he disputed a single sexual charge he was charged with, which was against a nine-year-old child.
The accused was held in detention before a additional proceeding on November 28th.
'Treat game'
The prosecutor, prosecuting, detailed the defendant's actions to the judicial body.
She explained his targets were disadvantaged youngsters who were attending a summer program which he ran.
The man played a "candy game" with the children, the prosecutor explained, in which he would go into the sleeping quarters when they were settling down and request they to eat sweets "as fast as possible".
She informed the proceedings the man had conducted this practice with the boys "for many years", and youngsters had previously become sick the subsequent day.
She stated the man had been able to explain this repeatedly as the youngsters being "overstimulated by activities", until his family member had suspicions in recently.
The legal representative added: "This year his stepchild had suspicions about what was going on, with valid cause.
"They decided to investigate in the individual's items."
The prosecutor said items including infant oil, Vaseline and syringes were located, and his stepson contacted the police about his suspicions.
She stated the defendant proceeded to conduct the "candy game" with six youngsters that night - July 26th - and they were all ill the following morning.
"Law enforcement" had not responded by that time," she continued.
The police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, earlier informed that it was reviewing Leicestershire Police's handling of the situation.
The prosecutor said the youngsters were struggling to walk due to their condition, so the stepson contacted the law enforcement a second time.
She said the man then played the "treat game" in a area of five children.
