CCTV shows customer taking table lamp from Derbyshire bar
CCTV footage appears to show a customer taking a table lamp from Krak Matlock, a bar in Derbyshire, and slipping it into her bag while chatting with other customers. The bar posted the clip online to try to identify her and recover the lamp, saying one of its tables was left in darkness.
The footage has been viewed more than six million times. Krak Matlock, a European-style bar on Dale Road, opened in August; the article also recalls a similar case in which a Greater Manchester restaurant asked a diner to return a small table light taken two years earlier.
In short
- CCTV appears to show a customer taking a lamp from a Derbyshire bar.
- Krak Matlock shared the footage to seek the lamp’s return.
- The clip has been viewed more than six million times.
Explained simply
Krak Matlock is a European-style bar on Dale Road in Matlock, Derbyshire. It opened in August and uses table lamps to light its seating areas.
The bar shared CCTV footage online after a lamp went missing, hoping to identify the customer and get it back. The clip attracted millions of views, drawing attention to the issue of small items being taken from hospitality venues.
A Greater Manchester restaurant described a similar incident two years earlier, when it asked a diner to return a small table light. These cases concern businesses seeking the return of items used to furnish and light their tables.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Moment light-fingered woman is caught on CCTV ‘stealing table lamp’ from bar”.