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Woman is caught on CCTV 'stealing' a table lamp from a Derbyshire bar and slipping it into her handbag

From the Newshound archive · first published 27 October 2026 · last updated 28 October 2026.

CCTV footage from Krak Matlock bar in Derbyshire, which staff posted after a lamp went missing and which has since racked up over six million views.
CCTV footage from Krak Matlock bar in Derbyshire, which staff posted after a lamp went missing and which has since racked up over six million views.

Krak bar in Matlock, Derbyshire, shared CCTV footage on Facebook after one of its new table lamps vanished on Saturday, 24 October. The clip shows a woman glancing around the room before reaching under the table, grabbing the cordless lamp and stuffing it into her handbag without breaking her conversation. The bar's wry appeal for help — joking that "one of our tables are in complete darkness" — quickly went viral on X.

The footage shows the woman accompanied by two other customers, none of whom appeared to react as she pocketed the lamp.

Krak bar asked followers to message the page with the woman's name so they could arrange its return.

The bar is on Dale Road in Matlock; no police action has been reported.

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