🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to participating in the burglaries Members of an Italian family of burglars who stole more than £1.2m valued of items, among them from former Newcastle United forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 per person. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for between a decade or less in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Break-ins The judge previously heard the gang arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while using another car to search for properties and carry out burglaries. On March 31 they took over £1m of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away. Valentino Nikolov was the only one of the foursome to contest the charge but was convicted by jurors The following night, the gang entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6. The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional itinerant burglars, wore hand coverings and masks, turned their mobile devices on silent as they approached their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April. Burglars stole cash and jewelry worth £80,000 and an car from footballer Isak's home Legal Hearings and Rulings Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered admissions to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had benefited from their offenses to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the victims said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the sole individual found to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge heard, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he defaulted. The remaining members had no assets or assets so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the money was not paid. The judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "for example driving around in Italy in a fast car or owning a property", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the sum outstanding".