Summer camp leader admits drugging wife in Leicestershire while he abused children
Jon Ruben had previously admitted sexually assaulting two boys at a summer camp at Stathern Lodge and child cruelty towards six other victims.
A former vet who drugged children with sweets at a summer camp before sexually assaulting them has admitted drugging his wife so she would not wake while the abuse took place.
Jon Ruben had previously admitted sexually assaulting two boys at a summer camp at Stathern Lodge, in Stathern, Leicestershire, and child cruelty towards six other victims.
Ruben, who sobbed in the dock at Leicester Crown Court during his plea hearing on Wednesday, admitted administering a poison or noxious substance, Temazapam, to Susan Rubenbetween July 26 and 29 last year so she would not wake up while he sexually assaulted the children.
The 76-year-old defendant, who ran a holiday camp for at least 27 years, said "I'm so sorry" after entering his guilty plea.
Ruben, who sat in the dock wearing a blue shirt and beige trousers, laced sweets with tranquillising drugs and attacked two children after playing "a sweet game" with the youngsters.
In November, he pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child under 13, assault of a child under 13 by penetration, eight counts of child cruelty, three counts of making indecent images of children and four drugs charges.
He is due to be sentenced on Friday for the offences.