A retired vet who drugged and and sexually assaulted boys at a Christian summer camp has now admitted drugging his wife so she would not wake up while he was attacking the children.
Jon Ruben, 76, has pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday to drugging his wife Susan in July last year.
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 during his plea hearing on Wednesday, admitted administering a poison or noxious substance, Temazapam, to Mrs Ruben, 63, between July 26 and 29 last year so she would not wake up while he sexually assaulted the children.
The retired vet, who ran a holiday camp for at least 27 years, said ‘I’m so sorry’ after entering his guilty plea.
Ruben, who wore 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 he has admitted.
Susan is Ruben’s second wife.
She was a trustee of the Christian charity, The Stathern Children’s Holiday Fund.
The couple, who married in 2001, lived in a £500,000 Victorian barn conversion in the village of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
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