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Individuals of an Italian family of thieves who took over £1.2 million valued of items, among them from former NUFC striker Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 each.

Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in April 2024.

The group of four were jailed for between six and 10 years in May 2025.

At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.

Details of the Burglaries

The judge was told the group came by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while utilizing another car to search for properties and execute burglaries.

On 31 March they took more than £1m of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away.

The following night, the crew entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth more than one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The group, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, used hand coverings and masks, switched their mobile devices on silent as they approached their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been taken from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13.

Legal Hearings and Rulings

Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the same charge.

At the criminal gains session, lawyer the prosecution said each of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen.

But Charlie was the sole individual found to have any money that could be "realised", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the court was informed, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he defaulted.

The other three had no money or assets so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the consequence if the sum was not paid.

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "for example operating Italy in a sports car or owning a property", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "recover the amount due".