Summer camp leader jailed for drugging and sexually abusing young boys

A former vet has been jailed for 23 years and 10 months after drugging and sexually abusing young boys at summer camps.

Jon Ruben, who was labelled by his wife as a ‘sadistic, monstrous paedophile’, used the ‘cloak of Christianity’ to carry out his sex attacks on vulnerable children, Leicester Crown Court heard.

Sentencing judge Timothy Spencer KC told the 76-year-old he would serve a further period on licence, bringing his total sentence to 31 years and eight months.

Ruben previously 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.

At his sentencing hearing on Friday, Judge Spencer told the Ruben: ‘Ultimately, this case is about you achieving sexual gratification by carrying out your sexual fantasies focused upon young boys through careful, cynical, chilling preparation and by manipulation.’

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