🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Burglars Ordered to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts Giacomo Nikolov confessed to participating in the crimes Members of an Italian family of burglars who took more than £1.2 million worth of items, among them from former Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 per person. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds. Details of the Break-ins The court previously heard the gang arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service rest stops while using a separate vehicle to search for targets and carry out thefts. On 31 March they took more than one million pounds of goods such as designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to deny burglary but was found guilty by the jury The following night, the crew entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and footwear valued at over one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the home of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing £10,000 in cash, £68,000 valued of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced itinerant burglars, wore gloves and face coverings, switched their phones off as they neared their targets and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars took cash and jewelry worth eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Court Hearings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge. At the criminal gains session, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the burglars 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 sole individual found to have any funds that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court heard, with 14 days to be served in jail if he defaulted. The remaining members had no money or assets so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in prison the consequence if the sum was not submitted. Judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "for example operating in Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek further action to "satisfy the amount due".