A father marched his son to Asda to apologise in person after a viral video showed the young boy abusing and threatening staff outside the store.

Footage initially emerged on Bank Holiday Monday of two boys issuing intimidating threats to members of staff at Asda’s store in Gosport, Hampshire.

In the clip, one boy can be heard telling an employee: ‘I’ll jump on his head fam, do you understand?’

As he walked away from the front of the store he added: ‘I’ll cut you up’.

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The second boy shouted as he began to cycle away: ‘I’m going to come back here and f****** slice you up you little c***.

He then said to a passerby: ‘What are you f****** laughing at?’

When one woman asked for their age one boy replied: ‘F***, how old are you? You look about 80.’

But the father of one of the boys in the video subsequently marched his son back to the store to issue a personal apology to the staff.

In his post on Facebook, the father wrote: ‘For everyone who has seen a video of this boy threatening members of staff at Asda yesterday.

‘As a dad I have never been more disgusted and mortified with my son in my life. He has not been brought up to behave in this manner and I do not condone his behaviour at all.

‘Just to let you all know, the police have been notified and evidence has been sent – it is now over to them to decide what they wish to do.

‘Also the police were notified at the first point of call when he was not back from his daily exercise.

‘Both myself and my wife take the Covid-19 pandemic very seriously. I just want to point out for those who blame the parents this is not, and I repeat not, how we have brought him up.

‘He will be thoroughly punished and this will not happen again.

‘This video is a public apology to all the members of staff and public at Asda yesterday.’

A spokesman for Hampshire Police said: ‘We received a report just after 4.30pm on 13 April regarding an assault at the Asda store on Dock Road, Gosport.

‘Officers are aware of the video circulating and this incident is being investigated. We ask that anyone with information call 101, quoting 44200131031.’

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