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Members of an Italian family of thieves who took over £1.2m valued of goods, among them from ex- Newcastle United striker Isak, have been ordered to return only £1 each.

Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of England to raid multiple homes in spring 2024.

The group of four were jailed for from six and 10 years in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds.

Details of the Burglaries

The court previously heard the group arrived by ferry in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while utilizing another car to search for targets and carry out burglaries.

On March 31 they stole over one million pounds of items including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away.

The following night, the gang broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth over one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional touring thieves, wore gloves and masks, turned their mobile devices off as they approached their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Legal Proceedings and Sentencing

Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said every one of the defendants had benefited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the court heard, with two weeks to be served in jail if he failed to pay.

The other three had no assets or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not submitted.

The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "for example operating in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount outstanding".