An individual who contaminated sweets with sleeping medication and distributed them to youngsters at a summer camp in the area has admitted sexual crimes against two children aged between nine and ten.
The accused was arrested after eight minors and a grown-up experienced illness at the location in mid-summer.
The senior citizen, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, confessed to a total of 17 charges when he stood at Leicester Crown Court on recently.
However, he refused to admit one particular crime he was facing, which was involving a young boy.
The accused was held in detention ahead of a subsequent court date on 28 November.
'Treat game'
The prosecutor, presenting evidence, outlined the defendant's actions to the judicial body.
She explained his victims were under-privileged children who were participating in a summer program which he operated.
The man engaged in a "sweet game" with the youngsters, the legal counsel said, in which he would enter the boys' rooms when they were getting ready for bed and request they to consume candy "rapidly".
She told the court the man had engaged in this activity with the children "repeatedly", and minors had previously become sick the subsequent day.
She explained the defendant had been successful in rationalizing this for many years as the minors being "overexcited from fun", until his stepchild had concerns in recently.
The prosecutor added: "In the summer" his stepson had concerns about the activities, with valid cause.
"They decided to examine in the defendant's belongings."
The prosecutor stated items including infant oil, Vaseline and injection devices were located, and his stepson alerted the authorities about his suspicions.
She said the man continued to play the "treat game" with six youngsters that night - July 26th - and they were all ill the following morning.
"The police had not arrived by that stage," she stated further.
The regulatory agency, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, earlier informed that it was examining the police response of the events.
The legal representative stated the minors were having difficulty walking due to their sickness, so the stepson notified the police a second time.
She explained the man then engaged in the "sweet game" in a space of five children.
