🔗 Share this article Isak Burglars Instructed to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts Giacomo Nikolov confessed to participating in the crimes Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who took over £1.2m valued of items, among them from former NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 each. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of England to burgle three houses in April 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for from six and 10 years in 2025. At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay £1,135. Details of the Break-ins The court previously heard the gang arrived by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service rest stops while using another car to scout out properties and execute thefts. On March 31 they stole more than one million pounds of items including designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino Nikolov was the only one of the group to contest burglary but was convicted by the jury The following night, the gang entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out Newcastle United's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6. The group, who were described by prosecutors as professional touring thieves, used gloves and face coverings, turned their mobile devices off as they approached their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars stole cash and jewelry worth £80,000 and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Court Hearings and Sentencing Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the proceeds of crime hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had benefited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any money that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court heard, with two weeks to be served in prison if he defaulted. The remaining members had no money or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not submitted. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example operating Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the amount due".