Overview

• Eight children at the Stathern Lodge holiday camp were hospitalized Monday after experiencing malaise and have all since been released and are recovering well.
• A 76-year-old man was arrested at the camp on suspicion of administering a harmful substance and remains in custody.
• Leicestershire Police referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct to review a potential delay in responding to an earlier warning.
• Authorities have deployed criminal investigators and uniformed officers to gather evidence and support families in the rural community.
• The substance believed to have been used has not been identified pending ongoing forensic analysis and interviews.