🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Pay Only £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the crimes Members of an Italy-based clan of burglars who took more than £1.2 million valued of goods, including from former Newcastle United striker Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each. Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of the UK to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for from six and 10 years in May 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds. Details of the Break-ins The court was told the group arrived by ferry in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while using another car to scout out properties and carry out burglaries. On March 31 they took more than £1m of goods such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the residents were away. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the foursome to contest the charge but was convicted by jurors The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole designer handbags, valuables and footwear worth over £100,000. After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional itinerant burglars, used hand coverings and face coverings, switched their mobile devices on silent as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham on 13 April. Burglars stole cash and jewelry worth £80,000 and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's home Court Hearings and Rulings Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by jurors, while his three relations had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the defendants had profited 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 Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by police, the judge heard, with 14 days to be served in prison if he defaulted. The remaining members had no assets or assets so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in prison the result if the sum was not submitted. Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "for example operating Italy in a fast car or owning a home", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "recover the sum outstanding".