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Martin Fricker

Toddler gets stuck inside arcade claw machine trying to nab a teddy

How’s this for grabbing mum’s undivided attention?

Natalie Draper, 37, took her twin sons to an indoor play centre on Wednesday – where three-year-old Noah got stuck in an arcade machine while trying to nab a teddy.

It happened while she briefly left him playing with a friend to take his brother Joel to the toilet.

Natalie said: “I left Noah for a matter of minutes. When I came back, a lady grabbed me and asked if that was my child in there?”

She rushed over to find Noah looking rather sheepish stuck inside the “grabber”.

Noah with his twin Joey and mum Natalie Draper (Caters News Agency)

Staff did not have a key and had to break three padlocks to free the lad, who was rescued unharmed within 10 minutes.

Natalie said: “Now that I know he is safe, I can’t stop laughing at what happened.”

While Noah didn’t get his hands on a soft toy, he was given a balloon.

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