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Members of an Italian family of burglars who took more than £1.2 million worth of items, including from ex- NUFC striker Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to burgle three houses in spring 2024.

The group of four were jailed for from six and 10 years in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds.

Details of the Break-ins

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 a separate vehicle to scout out targets and carry out burglaries.

On March 31 they stole more than one million pounds of items including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away.

The following night, the crew broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out Newcastle United's facility for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The gang, who were described by the prosecution as professional touring burglars, used gloves and masks, turned their mobile devices on silent as they neared their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost.

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by police, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he defaulted.

The other three had no assets or assets so were directed to make a token amount of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not paid.

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "for example operating Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "recover the sum due".