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She is Britain’s most brazen shoplifter, boasting a designer wardrobe a star might envy.
Shameless Kim Farry has made close to £2million from the “business” she started aged nine – even training some of her six children to steal for her.
In a 44-year spree she has enjoyed fine dining, exotic holidays and three boob jobs, yet lives rent-free in a council home and pockets £556 a month in benefits.
She said: “I’m not ashamed of what I’ve done, I’m proud.
"I was untouchable. I made millions and had a life most normal people can only dream of.
“It really annoys me when people say I’ve never had a job because I worked at my business non-stop for over four decades. It just happens that my business was shoplifting.”
Kim claims she turned to crime to give herself and her family a better life – despite having three of her children taken from her during one of her jail spells.
While she is proud of her past she says she now realises she failed to raise her brood properly and is going straight for the sake of youngest daughter Paris, 14.
Astonishingly though, Kim refuses to give up her lavish lifestyle – and is calling for someone to hand her a decent job if she cannot rake in bigger benefits.
Otherwise the 54-year-old, who says she hasn’t swiped anything for eight weeks so far, doesn’t know how long it will be before she returns to thieving.
Kim told the Sunday People: “I will try but I’m going from riches to rags. Why would I give up living like an A-lister for this? This is the longest I’ve been without shoplifting since I was a child and it’s unbelievably hard.
“I’m used to being in the lap of luxury and never worrying about money. Now I’m back to wondering where my next meal is coming from.
“The only reason I want to stop now is so my daughter won’t be punished for what I’ve done. I’ve lost enough loved ones through my crime and I don’t want to lose her too.
“I really don’t want to lose my daughter but I am struggling to live without the things I am used to and she is too.”
