A campaign to buy a new home for a refugee allegedly targeted in a racist attack at his house in Scotland has reached £2300 in donations.

Able Miller, 62, was allegedly targeted outside his home in Springburn, Glasgow, with bricks and fireworks in the early hours of Sunday morning .

Five teenagers have now appeared in court charged with racially abusing father-of-three Mr Miller, who needs walking sticks.

A 17-year-old girl and four boys, two aged 15, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, are accused of making racist remarks and threatening him as well throwing lit fireworks and striking him with bricks.

Now, a fundraising campaign has been launched to help Mr Miller and his family resettle elsewhere.

Its website says: "We are gathering donations for the Miller family to help them move home and resettle.

"Please donate what you can and show Able Miller and his family that Scotland says no to racism and they have friends they have never met who care."

All of the teenagers appeared in private at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday. They all made no plea or declaration and were released on bail.

Papers from Glasgow Sheriff Court claim while acting together at the address, they acted in a threatening or abusive manner and "did repeatedly shout, repeatedly utter racist remarks and utter threats".

The charge is said to be racially aggravated.

All of the youths face a charge of assaulting Mr Miller at Berryburn Place and that they did "repeatedly throw bricks at him, striking him on the body and throw lit fireworks at him all to his injury".

They also allegedly "without reasonable excuse wilfully or recklessly destroyed or damaged the property belonging to another and did repeatedly throw lit fireworks at a vehicle causing damage".

The charge further claims they "repeatedly threw bricks at windows" causing damage.

They are expected to appear at court at a later date.

Mr Miller came to Glasgow in 2002 as a refugee from Zimbabwe after he was attacked by rival when he stood for parliament.