🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Pay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2m Heists Jela Jovanovic confessed to participating in the burglaries Members of an Italy-based clan of thieves who took more than £1.2m valued of goods, among them from former Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 each. Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the north-east of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024. The group of four were jailed for between a decade or less in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie must pay £1,135. Particulars of the Break-ins The court previously heard the group came by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service rest stops while using a separate vehicle to search for properties and execute thefts. On 31 March they took more than one million pounds of goods such as high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away. Valentino Nikolov was the only one of the foursome to deny burglary but was found guilty by the jury The next evening, the crew entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth over £100,000. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The group, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, used gloves and face coverings, turned their mobile devices on silent as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Burglars stole cash and jewellery valued at £80,000 and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Legal Hearings and Rulings Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the same charge. At the criminal gains hearing, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each of the defendants 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 sole individual found to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by police, the judge heard, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he defaulted. The other three had no assets or assets so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not submitted. Judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "for example operating Italy in a fast car or owning a home", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount due".