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Members of an Italy-based family of thieves who took over £1.2m valued of items, including from former NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 per person.

Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her son Charlie travelled to the northeastern of the UK to burgle three houses in April 2024.

The foursome were imprisoned for between a decade or less in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135.

Details of the Burglaries

The court previously heard 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 service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out targets and carry out thefts.

On March 31 they stole more than £1m of items such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday.

The following night, the gang entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and stole luxury bags, jewellery and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for two days, they then struck at the home of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the player's £120,000 luxury car.

The gang, who were described by prosecutors as experienced touring thieves, used gloves and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they approached their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Legal Proceedings and Sentencing

Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his three relations had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the defendants had profited from their offenses to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual found to have any funds 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 jail if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no assets or assets so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the result if the money was not submitted.

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example driving around in Italy in a fast car or owning a property", prosecutors could seek further action to "recover the amount outstanding".