A HOLLISTER employee has appeared in court charged with stealing nearly £90,000 from the designer Bluewater store.

Erika Martins, 20, of Crown Woods Way in Eltham, appeared at Dartford Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with one count of theft by employee.

Martins has been charged with stealing £88,393 from the store between July and November last year.

No plea was entered during the hearing.

She will next appear at Maidstone Crown Court on September 6.