Eight children and one adult were taken to hospital after feeling unwell and have since been discharged.
The suspect was arrested in a pub car park by officers and is being questioned on suspicion of administering poison/a noxious thing with intent to injure/aggrieve/annoy.
Parents left ‘shaken’ after incident
Leicestershire Police said they were initially contacted by a third party on Sunday, 27 July about “children feeling unwell” at Stathern Lodge.
The trust said the lodge had been hired out by a group hosting a holiday camp for children from deprived areas of Nottingham.
Police and ambulance services did not deploy to the scene until around 4pm on Monday.
A triage centre was set up at nearby Plungar Village Hall where witnesses say around 20 children were brought in.
A 76-year-old man has been arrested over the incident in the village of Stathern (Photo: SWNS)Parents also began arriving to find their children, and there was some confusion amid claims they were prevented “access” for several hours.
“It was a bit surreal, a bit odd, because it’s quite quiet around here.
“It was mostly confusion from what I could tell, there were a lot of cars turning up.”
“Then later in the day we saw parents arriving to collect their children. Some of them looked a bit shaken.”
“You could hear the ambulances and police cars whizzing around the village. It was pretty scary, but such good news that the children are okay.”
“It’s every parent’s worst nightmare – dropping your child at summer camp and then being told they might have been poisoned.”
Suspect arrested in car park
He cannot be identified for legal reasons.
The purpose is to “help them make use of their talents to be positive members of their community, gaining self-confidence & cooperative skills; in accordance with Christian principles”.
The camp is run entirely by volunteers.
The lodge is hired out to Christian groups for holiday camps (Photo: SWNS)One mother, whose son was due to attend the holiday camp this week, told Metro she is not sure what made the children ill.
The lodge remains behind a large police cordon with officers going in and out of the buildings.
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“Please be reassured that we have several dedicated resources deployed and are working with partner agencies including children’s services to ensure full safeguarding is provided to the children involved.
An IOPC spokesman said: “We received a conduct referral on Tuesday from Leicestershire Police relating to their handling of concerns passed to them over the wellbeing of a group of children.
“The investigation will look at whether there were any breaches of professional behaviour – namely a failure to carry out duties and responsibilities – that resulted in a delay in Leicestershire Police’s response to what was later declared a critical incident.”
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