Overview

• A 76-year-old man remains in custody following his arrest in a nearby pub car park on suspicion of administering poison at the Stathern Lodge summer camp.
• Emergency services set up a triage centre at Plungar Village Hall on July 28, and all eight children and one adult who fell ill have since been discharged and placed under a safeguarding review.
• The East Midlands Special Operations Unit’s Major Incident Team is leading forensic examinations and witness interviews into the alleged paediatric poisoning.
• Leicestershire Police self-referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct over questions about a delayed initial response, triggering the independent investigation.
• Parents reported confusion and prolonged separation from their children at the triage centre, prompting calls for transparent updates as the inquiry advances.