A DISGUSTED mother whose son was in a video of youths racially abusing a Romanian woman says she marched him to the victim's home to apologise.

There has been outrage over the footage involving three teenage boys in Antrim after it was circulated on Facebook.

It shows the woman being approached by the youths, one of whom appears to throw a stone at her.

When she asks why they do not respect girls, they reply: "You are not a girl... You're an immigrant and you shouldn't be in this country."

Police investigating the video say they have identified the boys and will speak formally to them in the coming days.

Two of their mothers said on Monday they were "absolutely disgusted" by the footage.

One said she took her son to the police station.

In a post on Facebook, she said: "I also went and visited the lady and her family to apologise for what happened.

"They are such lovely people and I can't imagine the fear they put into her.

"They were even nice to [my son] and explained to him how wrong he was."

She assured people that her son would be "dealt with by the police and ourselves".

"We are just as disgusted and angry as everyone else. I can only apologise so many times for his behaviour."

The mother of the second boy, who recorded the incident, also told The Irish News: "I'm just disgusted. I never brought him up to turn out like this.

"I can't even imagine how that woman felt because if someone did that to me walking down the street I would be petrified."

The Romanian victim said on Monday how she was collecting her son from primary school when she was approached by the youths.

She said while she was scared at the time, she won't be leaving Northern Ireland.

"Yes of course I like here because my family is here and my husband and children," she said, speaking anonymously to the BBC.

Alliance Antrim councillor Neil Kelly said the video had spread so far that Romanian television had contacted him about it.

"There can never be an excuse for racism – it has absolutely no place in our society and blatant intimidation such as this video appears to show needs to be stamped out," he said.

Patrick Yu of the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities (Nicem) also condemned the behaviour and said it was "particularly worrying" in the aftermath of the Brexit vote.

Jolena Flett, manager of the Migrant Centre NI, said: "Verbal abuse incidents are the most underreported because victims often do not believe anything can or will be done.

"It is important to take notice of these incidents and create an environment where victims or witnesses are confident to report them."