🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to participating in the burglaries Individuals of an Italian family of burglars who took more than £1.2m valued of goods, including from ex- NUFC striker Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 each. Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie travelled to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024. The foursome were jailed for between six and 10 years in 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135. Details of the Burglaries The court previously heard the gang came by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham service service stations while using another car to scout out properties and execute burglaries. On 31 March they took over £1m of items including designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to deny burglary but was found guilty by jurors The next evening, the crew entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and shoes worth more than one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out Newcastle United's facility for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing £10,000 in cash, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6. The group, who were described by prosecutors as experienced itinerant burglars, wore gloves and masks, turned their mobile devices off as they neared their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Thieves stole money and jewelry valued at eighty thousand pounds and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's property Legal Proceedings and Rulings Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge. At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be served in jail if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no money or property so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not paid. The judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as operating Italy in a sports car or owning a property", prosecutors could initiate further action to "recover the sum outstanding".