🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2 Million Thefts Giacomo Nikolov admitted their involvement in the crimes Members of an Italian family of burglars who took over £1.2 million worth of items, among them from ex- NUFC forward Isak, have been ordered to return just £1 per person. Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in April 2024. The group of four were jailed for from six and 10 years in 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds. Details of the Burglaries The judge was told the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a RV as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while using another car to scout out properties and carry out burglaries. On 31 March they took more than one million pounds of goods including designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away. Valentino Nikolov was the only one of the group to deny the charge but was found guilty by the jury The next evening, the crew broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, jewellery and shoes valued at over £100,000. After scouting out Newcastle United's facility for two days, they then struck at the home of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's £120,000 luxury car. The gang, who were described by the prosecution as experienced touring thieves, used gloves and masks, turned their mobile devices off as they approached their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13. Burglars stole cash and jewelry valued at eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker 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 three relations had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer the prosecution said each of the burglars had benefited 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 was the sole individual found to have any money that could be "realised", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge heard, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no money or assets so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the sum was not submitted. The judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "such as driving around Italy in a fast car or owning a home", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the amount outstanding".