This is the shocking moment two thugs attacked a young mother’s house and shouted anti-Catholic slurs in a terrifying sectarian attack in Northern Ireland.
The men shouted ‘Fenian’ and ‘taig’, both derogatory words referring to Catholics, towards the door of the home in a largely Protestant area of Lurgan, County Armagh.
Dramatic doorbell camera footage filmed the incident in April outside the home of victim Danielle Skelton, who had moved there after being offered social housing.
She has since suffered nightmares and left the house, sleeping on sofas for weeks until moving to another area where she was given alternative accommodation.
Danielle Skelton has suffered from nightmares after the incident in Lurgan, County Armagh
Ms Skelton also revealed that she could barely watch the video herself but handed over the footage to police, whom she claimed ‘advised me to get a bag and go’.
Two brothers, Adrian and Alastair Douglas, have been charged with criminal damage and intimidation and are due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates Court on July 14.
Speaking about the incident, Ms Skelton told BBC News: ‘I saw the door shake and with shock I ran into my bedroom. I just felt sick. I couldn’t watch it.
‘I just didn’t understand. I put thousands into that home. I made it a proper home for me and my son. The police told me they couldn’t stand and protect me all night.
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Dramatic doorbell camera footage filmed the incident in April outside Ms Skelton’s home
The two thugs attacked her and shouted anti-Catholic slurs in a terrifying sectarian attack
‘They advised me to get a bag and go. Since then I’m not sleeping well at night, I’m having nightmares.’
Grainia Long, head of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, said 70 estates have been built in the last 17 years ‘entirely with a focus on sharing and shared housing’.
She told BBC News that ‘significant progress’ made but admitted that more work was required to ‘increase the availability of housing in mixed areas’.
Ms Long also said: ‘We must not take our eyes off this. It has to continue to be a significant area of focus if we are to see a truly shared Northern Ireland in future.’
MailOnline has also contacted the NIHE for comment.
