Jon Ruben, 76, remanded in custody in connection with the incident at Stathern Lodge in Leicestershire
A man has been remanded in custody charged with child cruelty offences after children became unwell at a summer camp in Leicestershire.
Jon Ruben, 76, appeared in Leicester magistrates court on Saturday morning after being charged with three counts of wilfully assaulting, ill-treating, neglecting, abandoning or exposing children in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering or injury to health, where he was told he would be remanded in custody and appear at Leicester crown court on Friday 29 August.
The charges are in relation to three boys becoming ill while staying at a summer camp at Stathern Lodge in Stathern, north Leicestershire, between 25 July and 29 July. The court was told that the charges relate to sweets that were allegedly laced with sedatives.
Ruben, of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address during the four-minute hearing and gave no indication of how he would plead.
