🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to participating in the crimes Individuals of an Italian family of thieves who took over £1.2m worth of items, including from ex- NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been ordered to return just £1 per person. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for between a decade or less in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135. Details of the Break-ins The judge previously heard the group came by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service service stations while using another car to scout out targets and carry out burglaries. On 31 March they stole more than £1m of goods including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the group to deny burglary but was convicted by the jury The next evening, the crew entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and footwear valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out Newcastle United's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Swedish striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in money, £68,000 worth of jewelry and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6. The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, wore gloves and masks, switched their mobile devices on silent as they approached their targets and attached a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13. Burglars stole cash and jewelry worth eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's property Legal Hearings and Rulings Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said each of the defendants had profited 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 deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the court was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he defaulted. The other three had no assets or assets so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the result if the money was not paid. Judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "such as operating Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "recover the amount due".