A primary school boy and his family have been left shaken after a man allegedly tried to lure the child away from a busy Gold Coast park before members of the public intervened. Police allege a 50-year-old man approached the 11-year-old boy at Esplanade South Park at Paradise Point about 3pm on Wednesday. Officers arrived within minutes and arrested a 50-year-old man nearby. The boy’s grandmother said she was incredibly grateful to the strangers who recognised something was wrong and intervened. The 50-year-old man has been charged with one count of common assault.