🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts Jela Jovanovic admitted participating in the crimes Individuals of an Italy-based clan of thieves who took over £1.2m valued of goods, among them from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 per person. Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to burgle three houses in April 2024. The foursome were jailed for from a decade or less in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135. Particulars of the Burglaries The judge previously heard the gang came by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service service stations while using a separate vehicle to scout out properties and execute thefts. On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of items such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewelry and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino was the sole member of the foursome to deny the charge but was convicted by jurors The next evening, the gang broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, valuables and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6. The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as professional itinerant burglars, used gloves and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their objectives and strapped a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13. Thieves stole money and jewellery worth £80,000 and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's property Legal Proceedings and Rulings Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by jurors, while his three relations had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge. At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the burglars had benefited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by police, the court was informed, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no money or property so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the money was not submitted. Judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example operating in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the sum outstanding".