🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Only £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the crimes Individuals of an Italy-based clan of thieves who stole over £1.2m worth of goods, among them from former Newcastle United striker Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 per person. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of England to burgle three houses in spring 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie must pay £1,135. Particulars of the Break-ins The court previously heard the gang came by ferry in the UK on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while using a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute burglaries. On March 31 they stole over one million pounds of goods such as designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to contest the charge but was convicted by the jury The following night, the gang entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, jewellery and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Swedish striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6. The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced itinerant burglars, wore hand coverings and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they approached their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their car with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars took cash and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's property Legal Hearings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, 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 amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie was the only one found to have any money that could be "realised", specifically £1,135.50 which had already been seized by police, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be served in prison if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no money or property so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in prison the result if the money was not submitted. The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "for example driving around Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "recover the amount outstanding".