🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Heists Charlie Jovanovic admitted their involvement in the burglaries Individuals of an Italy-based family of burglars who took more than £1.2m worth of goods, among them from ex- NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 each. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of England to raid multiple homes in April 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for between a decade or less in 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie must hand over £1,135. Details of the Burglaries The judge previously heard the group came by ferry in the United Kingdom on 27 March 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 scout out properties and carry out thefts. On March 31 they took more than one million pounds of goods including designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the sole member of the group to deny the charge but was convicted by jurors The next evening, the gang broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, jewellery and shoes valued at over one hundred thousand pounds. Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the home of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The group, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, used gloves and face coverings, switched their mobile devices on silent as they neared their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Thieves stole cash and jewellery valued at £80,000 and an Audi from footballer Isak's property Legal Hearings and Sentencing Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the criminal gains session, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had benefited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court was informed, with two weeks to be served in prison if he defaulted. The remaining members had no money or assets so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 each, with one week in prison the result if the sum was not submitted. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "for example driving around in Italy in a fast car or owning a home", prosecutors could initiate further action to "satisfy the sum outstanding".