Overview

• Leicester Crown Court adjourned the defendant’s plea hearing to 14 November 2025.
• A four-week trial is scheduled to begin on 27 January 2026.
• Jon Ruben, 76, of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, was remanded in custody after a brief appearance.
• He faces three counts alleging willful ill-treatment of children at Stathern Lodge between 25 and 29 July.
• Police say eight boys aged 8 to 11 and one adult were treated and discharged after a 27 July report, and Ruben was arrested the next day in a nearby pub car park as the force referred its handling to the IOPC and stated Stathern Lodge’s operators are not connected.