🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the crimes Individuals of an Italian family of thieves who stole over £1.2m worth of items, among them from former Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to return just £1 each. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of England to raid multiple homes in spring 2024. The group of four were jailed for from a decade or less in 2025. At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie must hand over £1,135. Details 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 "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for properties and execute thefts. On March 31 they stole more than £1m of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the group to deny the charge but was found guilty by the jury The next evening, the gang broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and shoes worth more than £100,000. After scouting out the football club's facility for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional touring burglars, wore gloves and face coverings, turned their phones off as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars took cash and jewellery valued at eighty thousand pounds and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's home Legal Proceedings and Rulings Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen. But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual found to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no assets or assets so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the result if the sum was not paid. Judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "such as driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a property", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the amount due".