🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2m Thefts Jela Jovanovic admitted participating in the burglaries Individuals of an Italy-based family of thieves who took more than £1.2 million valued of goods, including from ex- NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 per person. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of the UK to burgle multiple homes in April 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135. Particulars of the Break-ins The court was told the gang came 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 stations while using another car to search for targets and carry out burglaries. On March 31 they stole over one million pounds of goods such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the residents were away. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to deny the charge but was found guilty by the jury The next evening, the crew entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes valued at over £100,000. After scouting out the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the residence of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking £10,000 in money, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The group, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced touring burglars, wore hand coverings and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they neared their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham on 13 April. Burglars stole money and jewelry valued at eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Court Proceedings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the criminal gains hearing, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by police, the judge heard, with 14 days to be served in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no assets or property so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in prison the consequence if the money was not paid. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "for example operating Italy in a sports car or owning a property", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "recover the amount outstanding".