🔗 Share this article Isak Burglars Ordered to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Heists Jela Jovanovic admitted participating in the burglaries Members of an Italy-based clan of thieves who stole more than £1.2m worth of items, among them from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 each. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in spring 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for between a decade or less in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie must hand over over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Break-ins The judge previously heard the gang arrived by ferry in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and carry out burglaries. On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of goods including designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino Nikolov was the only one of the group to deny burglary but was found guilty by the jury The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, jewellery and footwear valued at more than £100,000. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The gang, who were described by the prosecution as professional itinerant thieves, wore hand coverings and masks, switched their mobile devices on silent as they neared their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands. They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13. Burglars took money and jewellery worth £80,000 and an Audi from footballer Isak's home Legal Hearings and Rulings Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the judge heard, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no money or property so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in prison the result if the sum was not submitted. Judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "for example driving around Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could initiate further action to "satisfy the sum due".