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This little boy became trapped inside a toy claw machine after squeezing inside through the prize door.

The tot's father had turned his back for a second while out in a shopping centre and the toddler had crawled inside on the hunt for a toy.

But he soon became trapped and witnesses reported hearing the youngster screaming from inside.

While staff were called to help in the rescue, the footage shows the boy - believed to be called Luke - being coaxed by his dad.

(Image: Channel 7 News)

On his knees, talking to the boy he can he heard saying: "Crouch down really small again.

"Can you try one more time."

But the little one gets frustrated, before the dad calms him again saying: "It's alight Lukey, it's alright."

(Image: Channel 7 News)

Witness Stacey Brown said she first heard screaming before seeing the little boy trapped inside the machine.

She told Australia channel seven news : "At the start he was pretty scared and crying until he realised he was with the toys."

Maintenance worker Stewart Russell had just finished a shift at the Mt Sheridan plaza in Cairns, Australia when he received a frantic phone call from security.

(Image: Channel 7 News) (Image: Channel 7 News)

"I thought he was having a joke, then realised straight away that obviously that it wasn't a joke,” Mr Russell said.

He arrived with the key and simply opened the front so the family could be reunited.

The tot was also given a toy by the shopping centre staff.

"We gave him a penguin, we thought he probably deserved a prize."

Back in May a four-year-old boy got stuck inside an arcade claw machine – after climbing in when he failed to win a teddy.

Determined Henry Howes asked mum Emma for £1 to have a go on the arcade game at his local swimming pool.

The claw picked up a Despicable Me toy but then agonisingly dropped it just short of the delivery chute.

Henry refused to give up and put his hand inside the hatch in a bid to grab the Minion teddy – but reached too far and slipped under the trap door at the front of the machine .