🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Pay Only £1 Each from £1.2m Heists Jela Jovanovic confessed to participating in the crimes Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who stole over £1.2m valued of goods, among them from former NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to return just £1 per person. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in April 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds. Details of the Break-ins The court was told the group arrived by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service service stations while using a separate vehicle to scout out targets and execute 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 Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were away. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to deny burglary but was convicted by the jury The following night, the gang broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, valuables and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing £10,000 in cash, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The group, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring thieves, wore gloves and face coverings, turned their mobile devices on silent as they approached their targets and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars took cash and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Legal Proceedings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his three relations had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime hearing, lawyer the prosecution said each of the defendants had profited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had had stolen. But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual found to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the court heard, with two weeks to be served in prison if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no assets or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the result if the money was not submitted. Judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "such as driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a home", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the sum outstanding".