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Members of an Italian family of thieves who took over £1.2 million valued of goods, among them from ex- NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie travelled to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in April 2024.

The foursome were imprisoned for between a decade or less in May 2025.

At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135.

Details of the Break-ins

The court was told the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham service service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute burglaries.

On March 31 they stole more than one million pounds of goods such as high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the residents were away.

The following night, the crew broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, jewellery and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then acted at the residence of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 valued of jewellery and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The group, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced itinerant burglars, wore hand coverings and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their targets and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

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

At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the burglars had benefited from their offenses to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically £1,135.50 which had already been seized by police, the judge heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he defaulted.

The other three had no assets or assets so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the consequence if the sum was not paid.

Judge 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".