🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Instructed to Repay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2m Heists Jela Jovanovic confessed to participating in the burglaries Members of an Italian clan of thieves who stole over £1.2m worth of items, among them from former NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of England to raid multiple homes in spring 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for between six and 10 years in 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 per person while Charlie must hand over over a thousand pounds. Details of the Break-ins The judge previously heard the group arrived by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service service stations while using a separate vehicle to search for properties and execute burglaries. On March 31 they stole more than £1m of goods including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the group to deny burglary but was convicted by jurors The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, valuables and shoes valued at over £100,000. Following surveillance of the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing £10,000 in cash, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6. The group, who were described by prosecutors as experienced touring burglars, used hand coverings and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they approached their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands. They were arrested in the Birmingham area on April 13. Thieves took money and jewellery worth £80,000 and an car from footballer Isak's home Legal Proceedings and Rulings Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his three relations 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 crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual found to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by police, the court was informed, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he defaulted. The remaining members had no money or assets so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the result if the money was not submitted. Judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the coming years, "such as operating in Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the amount due".