🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Instructed to Repay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to participating in the crimes Individuals of an Italian family of burglars who stole over £1.2m valued of items, including from ex- Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 each. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to burgle multiple homes in April 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in May 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds. Details of the Break-ins The judge previously heard the group arrived by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and carry out thefts. On 31 March they stole over one million pounds of items including designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were away. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to contest the charge but was convicted by jurors The following night, the crew entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, jewellery and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6. The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional touring thieves, used hand coverings and face coverings, switched their mobile devices on silent as they approached their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands. They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Burglars took cash and jewellery valued at £80,000 and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's home Legal Proceedings and Rulings Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by jurors, while his family members had all entered admissions to the identical accusation. At the criminal gains session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen. But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by police, the court heard, with 14 days to be spent in jail 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 one week in incarceration the consequence if the sum was not submitted. The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "for example driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a property", the prosecution could seek further action to "satisfy the amount due".