London, Aug 26 : Kerry Katona will continue to pay off her debts, as her bankrupt status is not going to be lifted anytime soon.

Katona had hoped of being "discharged" from bankruptcy this month.

However, the Insolvency Service won a suit on July 14 under which the former Atomic Kitten's bankruptcy discharge was "suspended indefinitely".

A cash-strapped Katona could now continue to be bankrupt until next year giving all her spare money to her creditors.

The Mirror quoted a spokesman for the Insolvency Service as saying: "For a bankrupt to have their discharge suspended, something serious would have had to have been brought to our attention." (ANI)