🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2 Million Heists Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the burglaries Members of an Italy-based family of burglars who took more than £1.2m worth of goods, among them from former NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 per person. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie travelled to the northeastern of England to raid three houses in April 2024. The group of four were jailed for from a decade or less 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 £1,135. Particulars of the Burglaries The judge previously heard the gang came by ferry in the UK on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute burglaries. On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of items such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to contest burglary but was found guilty by the jury The following night, the crew broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes valued at over one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then acted at the home of Swedish striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The group, who were described by prosecutors as experienced touring thieves, used gloves and masks, switched their mobile devices on silent as they neared their targets and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13. Thieves took money and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Legal Hearings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime hearing, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the victims said they had had stolen. But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual found to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by police, the court heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he failed to pay. The other three had no assets or property so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in prison the result if the money was not paid. The judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "for example driving around in Italy in a fast car or owning a home", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the sum due".