🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Instructed to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Heists Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the burglaries Individuals of an Italy-based family of thieves who took over £1.2 million valued of items, including from former Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 per person. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their sister Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of England to burgle three houses in spring 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for between six and 10 years in 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Burglaries The court was told the group came by ferry in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute thefts. On 31 March they stole more than £1m of goods such as high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were away. Valentino was the only one of the group to deny the charge but was found guilty by jurors The next evening, the gang entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth more than £100,000. Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking £10,000 in money, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional touring burglars, used 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 garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Thieves stole cash and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from footballer Isak's home Legal Hearings and Sentencing Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the same charge. At the proceeds of crime hearing, lawyer 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 Jovanovic was the only one found to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he failed to pay. The other three had no money or property so were directed to make a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the money was not submitted. Judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as operating in Italy in a fast car or owning a home", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the amount due".