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Individuals of an Italy-based family of thieves who stole over £1.2 million valued of items, among them from ex- NUFC forward Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of England to raid three houses in April 2024.

The foursome were jailed for from a decade or less in 2025.

At a criminal assets hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to pay back £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.

Particulars of the Burglaries

The judge was told the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while utilizing another car to search for targets and execute burglaries.

On 31 March they took over £1m of items such as designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday.

The next evening, the gang broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, and stole luxury bags, valuables and footwear worth over £100,000.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, taking ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional touring burglars, used hand coverings and masks, turned their phones off as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13.

Legal Proceedings and Rulings

Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any funds that could be "realised", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by police, the court was informed, with two weeks to be served in jail if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no money or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the consequence if the money was not paid.

Judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "such as driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a property", prosecutors could initiate further action to "recover the amount due".