🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Burglars Ordered to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2 Million Heists Giacomo Nikolov confessed to participating in the crimes Members of an Italian family of thieves who stole over £1.2m valued of items, among them from ex- NUFC striker Isak, have been ordered to return just £1 each. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024. The group of four were jailed for from a decade or less in May 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135. Particulars of the Break-ins The court was told the group came by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and carry out burglaries. On 31 March they took more than one million pounds of items such as high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to deny the charge but was found guilty by jurors The next evening, the gang broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and shoes valued at over one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out the football club's training ground for two days, they then struck at the home of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as professional touring thieves, used gloves and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they neared their targets and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands. They were arrested in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars took cash and jewelry valued at eighty thousand pounds and an car from footballer Isak's home Court Hearings and Sentencing Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all submitted admissions to the same charge. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said each of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie was the only one 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 money or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 each, with one week in prison the consequence if the money was not submitted. The judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "such as operating in Italy in a sports car or owning a home", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the sum due".