🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Burglars Instructed to Repay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Heists Giacomo Nikolov admitted participating in the burglaries Individuals of an Italian family of thieves who took more than £1.2 million worth of goods, among them from former NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 each. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie travelled to the northeastern of England to raid multiple homes in spring 2024. The foursome were jailed for from a decade or less in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £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 employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out properties and execute burglaries. On 31 March they took more than £1m of goods including designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to deny the charge but was found guilty by the jury The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, jewellery and footwear valued at over one hundred thousand pounds. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's £120,000 luxury car. The group, who were described by prosecutors as experienced touring burglars, used hand coverings and masks, turned their mobile devices on silent as they neared their targets and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13. Thieves stole cash and jewellery valued at £80,000 and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Court Hearings and Sentencing Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the same charge. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey 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 had stolen. But Charlie was the sole individual found to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court heard, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he failed to pay. The other three had no money or assets so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in prison the consequence if the money was not submitted. The judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the coming years, "for example operating in Italy in a sports car or possessing a property", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the amount due".