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Members of an Italian clan of thieves who stole over £1.2 million valued of items, among them from former Newcastle United forward Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of England to raid multiple homes in April 2024.

The group of four were jailed for from a decade or less in 2025.

At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay £1,135.

Details of the Burglaries

The judge previously heard the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute burglaries.

On March 31 they took over one million pounds of goods such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday.

The following night, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, jewellery and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for two days, they then acted at the residence of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced itinerant burglars, wore hand coverings and masks, turned their mobile devices off as they neared their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13.

Legal Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all submitted admissions to the same charge.

At the criminal gains session, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen.

But Charlie was the only one found to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he failed to pay.

The other three had no money 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 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", prosecutors could seek further action to "satisfy the amount due".