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Individuals of an Italy-based clan of burglars who stole over £1.2 million valued of items, including from former Newcastle United forward Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of the UK to burgle three houses in spring 2024.

The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.

Particulars of the Burglaries

The court previously heard the gang arrived by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and carry out burglaries.

On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of goods including designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday.

The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, jewellery and shoes valued at over one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the home of Swedish striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The gang, who were described by the prosecution as experienced touring thieves, wore gloves and masks, turned their phones off as they neared their targets and attached a license plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Rulings

Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the same charge.

At the criminal gains hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the defendants had benefited from their offenses to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost.

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds 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 property so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in prison the result if the sum was not submitted.

Judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "for example driving around Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", the prosecution could initiate further action to "recover the sum outstanding".