🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2 Million Heists Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the burglaries Individuals of an Italian clan of thieves who took more than £1.2 million worth of items, among them from ex- Newcastle United striker Isak, have been ordered to return only £1 each. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie travelled to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in spring 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Break-ins The court was told the group arrived by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute thefts. On March 31 they took over £1m of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino was the sole member of the group to contest the charge but was convicted by jurors The next evening, the gang entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and footwear worth over £100,000. After scouting out the football club's facility for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds 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 burglars, wore hand coverings 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 garage in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Thieves took money and jewelry valued at £80,000 and an Audi from footballer Isak's home Court Proceedings and Rulings Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was found guilty by jurors, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the same charge. At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the only one found to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by police, the court was informed, with 14 days to be served in prison if he defaulted. The other three had no money or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not submitted. Judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a home", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "recover the sum outstanding".