🔗 Share this article Isak Burglars Instructed to Repay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Heists Charlie Jovanovic admitted participating in the burglaries Individuals of an Italy-based clan of burglars who stole over £1.2m valued of goods, including from ex- Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 per person. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in spring 2024. The foursome were jailed for between six and 10 years in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Burglaries The judge was told the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing another car to scout out properties and execute thefts. On March 31 they took over one million pounds of items such as high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away. Valentino Nikolov was the only one of the foursome to contest burglary but was found guilty by the jury The next evening, the gang broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, jewellery and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the home of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 worth of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The group, who were described by the prosecution as experienced itinerant thieves, wore hand coverings and masks, switched their phones on silent as they approached their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Thieves stole money and jewellery worth £80,000 and an car from footballer Alexander Isak's property Legal 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 proceeds of crime session, lawyer the prosecution said each of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie Jovanovic 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 was informed, with two weeks to be served in jail if he defaulted. The remaining members had no money or property so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 per person, 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, "such as operating Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could initiate further action to "satisfy the sum outstanding".