🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Burglars Instructed to Pay Only £1 Each from £1.2 Million Heists Giacomo Nikolov admitted participating in the crimes Members of an Italian clan of burglars who stole more than £1.2m valued of items, among them from former Newcastle United striker Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 each. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of England to raid three houses in spring 2024. The foursome were jailed for from six and 10 years in May 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie must hand over over a thousand pounds. Details of the Break-ins The judge previously heard the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing another car to scout out properties and execute thefts. On 31 March they took more than one million pounds of items such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to contest the charge but was found guilty by jurors The following night, the gang broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth more than one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then struck at the residence of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing £10,000 in cash, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The group, who were described by the prosecution as experienced itinerant thieves, used 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 auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Burglars took cash and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an car from footballer Alexander Isak's property Court Proceedings and Rulings Valentino Nikolov had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer the prosecution said each of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual found to have any money that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he defaulted. The other three had no assets or property so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the result if the money was not paid. Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "for example operating Italy in a fast car or owning a property", the prosecution could initiate further action to "satisfy the amount due".