Overview

• Police allege that John Ruben handed out candy laced with sedatives to campers aged 8 to 11 at Stathern Lodge, causing some to fall ill.
• Eight boys and one adult were hospitalized on July 27 and have since been discharged after precautionary treatment.
• Ruben was arrested at a nearby pub on July 28 and faces three counts of willful ill-treatment of a child.
• He appeared in Leicester Magistrates’ Court on August 2, declined to enter a plea, and remains in custody.
• The case is overseen by a Major Incident Team and police have self-referred their initial response to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.