🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Only £1 Each from £1.2 Million Heists Jela Jovanovic admitted their involvement in the crimes Members of an Italian clan of burglars who took more than £1.2m valued of goods, including from former NUFC forward Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 each. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of the UK to burgle three houses in April 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for between six and 10 years in 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135. Details of the Break-ins The judge previously heard the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and carry out thefts. On 31 March they took more than one million pounds of goods including high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a CBE medal from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to deny the charge but was convicted by the jury The next evening, the crew entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, jewellery and footwear valued at over one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the home of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in cash, £68,000 valued of jewellery and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6. The group, who were described by prosecutors as experienced touring burglars, wore gloves and face coverings, switched their mobile devices on silent as they approached their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars took cash and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Court Hearings and Rulings Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all entered admissions to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer the prosecution said each of the burglars had benefited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge heard, with 14 days to be served in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no money or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not submitted. The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "such as driving around in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the amount outstanding".