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Individuals of an Italy-based clan of burglars who stole more than £1.2 million valued of items, among them from former Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been ordered to return only £1 each.

Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in spring 2024.

The foursome were jailed for from a decade or less in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds.

Details of the Break-ins

The court previously heard the gang came by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham service service stations while utilizing another car to search for targets and execute thefts.

On 31 March they stole over one million pounds of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were away.

The following night, the gang entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, jewellery and footwear worth over £100,000.

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional touring thieves, used gloves and face coverings, switched their mobile devices on silent as they neared their targets and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Court Hearings and Sentencing

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was convicted by the court, while his three relations had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge.

At the criminal gains session, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the defendants had profited from their offenses to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had had stolen.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual found to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by police, the court was informed, with two weeks to be served in jail if he failed to pay.

The other three had no money or assets so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in prison the consequence if the money was not submitted.

Judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "such as operating in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the amount due".