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A Midland summer camp leader laced sweets with tranquilising drugs and attacked two children after asking them to play 'a sweet game'.

Former vet Jon Ruben drugged and sexually assaulted two boys at a summer camp he ran.

He also committed child cruelty acts towards six other youngsters.

The 76-year-old's stepson raised concerns with his partner after finding baby oil, syringes with white powder and other items at the camp.

Ruben admitted two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, eight counts of child cruelty, three counts of making indecent images of children and four drugs charges.

But he denied a further charge of sexual assault which prosecutors have been given two weeks to consider if they will proceed with.

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