A man has appeared in court after being accused of poisoning children at a summer camp.
Alarm was raised when youngsters started feeling ill at a camp near Stathern Lodge, Leicestershire, on Sunday.
Eight boys, aged between eight and 11, and one adult were taken to hospital as a precaution before being discharged.
Pensioner Jon Ruben, 76, is suspected of poisoning children at the camp.
He was 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, relating to three boys at the summer camp between July 25 and July 29.
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The charges relate to sweets which were allegedly laced with sedatives.
Now he has been remanded in custody after he appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court, charged with child cruelty today.
Ruben appeared in the dock in a grey sweatshirt and spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address during the short hearing.
He did not give any indication of a plea today, and he is due to appear again at the same court on August 29.
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