{"id":411631,"date":"2026-02-06T19:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/411631\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:22:07","slug":"stathern-summer-camp-leader-jailed-for-drugging-and-abusing-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/411631\/","title":{"rendered":"Stathern summer camp leader jailed for drugging and abusing boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Addressing Ruben, Judge Timothy Spencer KC said: &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The parents of his victims nodded, and some wiped tears, as the judge handed down the sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Continuing his sentencing remarks, Spencer said Ruben &#8220;lied and lied&#8221; when the police held an emergency interview with him to try and find out what drug he had given the children, so medics could treat them appropriately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added Ruben had made a &#8220;chilling&#8221; application to join an online paedophile group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spencer said Ruben, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, &#8220;misused&#8221; his veterinary knowledge and used the dark web to access drugs, and &#8220;espoused Christianity&#8221; and used his religion and his regard in the church to get into &#8220;close proximity to boys&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His role in the church led him to launch the camp at Stathern Lodge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;With supreme irony, you were the safeguarding lead,&#8221; the judge added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Addressing Ruben, Judge Timothy Spencer KC said: &#8220;Ultimately, this case is about you achieving sexual gratification by carrying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-411631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}