🔗 Share this article Isak Burglars Instructed to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Heists Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the burglaries Members of an Italy-based family of thieves who stole more than £1.2m valued of goods, among them from ex- Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 per person. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the north-east of England to burgle multiple homes in April 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025. At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135. Particulars of the Burglaries The judge was told 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 a service area and Durham service stations while using another car to scout out properties and carry out burglaries. On March 31 they stole more than £1m of goods including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to deny burglary but was found guilty by jurors The following night, the gang entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole designer handbags, valuables and footwear valued at more than £100,000. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then acted at the residence of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The gang, who were described by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, wore hand coverings and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they neared their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars took cash and jewellery valued at eighty thousand pounds and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's property Court Proceedings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by the court, while his three relations had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said every one of the defendants had profited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge heard, with 14 days to be served in jail if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no money or assets so were directed to make a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not paid. Judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the coming years, "for example operating in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", the prosecution could initiate further action to "recover the amount due".