🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Burglars Instructed to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2 Million Heists Jela Jovanovic admitted their involvement in the crimes Members of an Italy-based family of burglars who took more than £1.2 million worth of goods, among them from former Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 each. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their sister Jela and her son Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in spring 2024. The foursome were jailed for between six and 10 years in 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at the court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Break-ins The court previously heard the group came by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while using a separate vehicle to scout out properties and execute thefts. On March 31 they took over £1m of goods such as high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the residents were away. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the foursome to deny burglary but was found guilty by jurors The next evening, the crew entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, and stole luxury bags, valuables and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for two days, they then struck at the home of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing £10,000 in money, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, wore gloves and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Thieves stole money and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from footballer Isak's property Court Hearings and Sentencing Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the affected parties said they had had stolen. But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by police, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be served in jail if he defaulted. The other three had no money or property so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the consequence if the money was not submitted. Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as operating Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", the prosecution could seek further action to "recover the amount due".