Man pleads guilty to summer camp child sex assaults
Jon Ruben, 76, has pleaded guilty to 17 charges including sexual assault and drugging children at his Leicestershire holiday camp, which he ran for 27 years. Read the full shocking details.
Jon Ruben, 76, has pleaded guilty to 17 charges including sexual assault and drugging children at his Leicestershire holiday camp, which he ran for 27 years. Read the full shocking details.
A retired vet has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two boys and multiple child cruelty charges after children fell ill from sedative-laced sweets at a Christian camp. Read the full investigation.
Jon Ruben, 76, pleads guilty to child cruelty and sexual assault after lacing sweets with sedatives at a Leicestershire summer camp. Eight boys were hospitalised. Read the full story.
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