Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Only £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts

Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who took more than £1.2 million worth of items, including from ex- NUFC forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

The group of four were imprisoned for between six and 10 years in 2025.

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

Particulars of the Burglaries

The judge previously heard the gang came by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing another car to scout out properties and carry out thefts.

On March 31 they took over one million pounds of items such as high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away.

The next evening, the gang entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, jewellery and footwear valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out the football club's facility for two days, they then acted at the home of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The group, who were described by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, used hand coverings and masks, turned their mobile devices on silent as they approached their objectives and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by jurors, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains session, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had benefited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost.

But Charlie was the only one found to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by police, the court heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he failed to pay.

The other three had no money or property so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the result if the sum was not paid.

Judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "for example driving around Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the amount outstanding".