Jonathan Aven News Today

A Belfast man living in Australia was watching a film trailer about boys going missing in his native city when he spotted a man who tried to snatch him off the street 50 years ago.

The families of three Belfast boys who disappeared during The Troubles will launch legal action against the British State, claiming that the disappearances were part of a cover-up. The disappearances are explored in the new documentary "Lost Boys: Belfast's Missing Children."

David Leckey and Jonathan Aven went missing in 1969 and have never been found.

David Leckey (12) and Jonathan Aven (14) went missing in 1969 and have never been found

David Leckey and Jonathan Aven went missing in 1969 and have never been found.

A new documentary examining the disappearance of several children in the 1960s and mid-70s is set to be released in cinemas at the end of the month.

Time is running out to uncover the full horror of the child abuse which happened at the Kincora boys home in Belfast.

The film pieces together possible links between five Belfast children who went missing from 1969 to 1974 and a network of paedophiles operating in the city – apparently with the full knowledge of the security forces

The ex-police officer who led the reinvestigation into the disappearance of Thomas Spence and John Rodgers has said he never saw any evidence linking their case to the Kincora paedophile ring.

The makers of Lost Boys: Belfast’s Missing Children question who was responsible for a series of unexplained disappearances and at least one death