🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Only £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to participating in the crimes Members of an Italy-based clan of burglars who took over £1.2 million worth of goods, among them from former Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each. Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie journeyed to the north-east of England to burgle three houses in spring 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025. At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Burglaries The court previously heard the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a RV as their "headquarters", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while using another car to search for properties and execute thefts. On March 31 they took over one million pounds of goods such as high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to deny the charge but was convicted by jurors The following night, the gang entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth more than £100,000. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the home of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The group, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced itinerant burglars, wore gloves and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands. They were arrested in the Birmingham on 13 April. Thieves took money and jewellery valued at eighty thousand pounds and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Court Hearings and Rulings Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the defendants had benefited from their offenses 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 only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by police, the court was informed, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no money or assets so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the money was not paid. Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "such as driving around in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the sum due".