🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Burglars Ordered to Pay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2m Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the burglaries Members of an Italy-based family of burglars who stole over £1.2 million worth of goods, including from ex- NUFC forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 per person. Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024. The group of four 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 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Break-ins The judge was told the group arrived by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while using a separate vehicle to search for properties and carry out burglaries. On March 31 they stole more than £1m of goods including high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to contest the charge but was found guilty by jurors The next evening, the crew entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and shoes worth more than one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The group, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced itinerant thieves, used hand coverings and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they approached their targets and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands. They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13. Thieves took cash and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's property Court Hearings and Rulings Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the same charge. At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the only one found to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the court heard, with 14 days to be served in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no assets or assets so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the money was not submitted. Judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "such as operating Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "recover the sum due".