🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Only £1 Each from £1.2 Million Thefts Jela Jovanovic admitted participating in the burglaries Individuals of an Italian family of burglars who stole more than £1.2 million valued of goods, including from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to burgle three houses in spring 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for between six and 10 years in 2025. At a proceeds of crime proceeding 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. Particulars of the Burglaries The court was told the group came by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham service stations while using another car to search for targets and execute burglaries. On March 31 they stole over £1m of goods including high-end fashion, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to contest burglary but was convicted by jurors The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth more than £100,000. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the home of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The gang, who were described by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, wore gloves and face coverings, turned their phones off as they approached their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their car with elastic bands. They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13. Burglars stole money and jewellery valued at £80,000 and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Court Proceedings and Sentencing Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the same charge. At the proceeds of crime hearing, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the defendants had profited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by police, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he failed to pay. The other three had no assets or property so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not submitted. Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "for example operating in Italy in a fast car or owning a home", prosecutors could initiate further action to "recover the amount outstanding".