Isak Burglars Instructed to Pay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Heists

Individuals of an Italian clan of thieves who stole more than £1.2m worth of items, among them from former NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

The foursome were jailed for between six and 10 years in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135.

Particulars of the Break-ins

The judge previously heard the group came by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing another car to search for properties and execute burglaries.

On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of goods such as designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday.

The next evening, the crew entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and shoes worth more than one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Swedish striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking £10,000 in money, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the striker's £120,000 luxury car.

The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced itinerant burglars, wore gloves and face coverings, switched their phones off as they approached their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Legal Proceedings and Sentencing

Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be served in jail if he defaulted.

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

Judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example driving around Italy in a fast car or owning a property", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount due".