🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Instructed to Repay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Heists Giacomo Nikolov confessed to their involvement in the burglaries Members of an Italian family of thieves who took over £1.2m worth of items, including from former NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 per person. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of England to raid three houses in spring 2024. The group of four were jailed for between a decade or less in 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135. Particulars of the Burglaries The judge was told the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while using another car to scout out targets and carry out thefts. On 31 March they took over one million pounds of items including designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to deny the charge but was convicted by jurors The following night, the gang broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, valuables and footwear worth over £100,000. After scouting out Newcastle United's facility for two days, they then struck at the home of Swedish striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing £10,000 in cash, £68,000 worth of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The group, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced touring thieves, wore hand coverings and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April. Burglars took cash and jewelry worth £80,000 and an Audi from footballer Alexander Isak's home Legal Proceedings and Rulings Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the criminal gains session, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the burglars had benefited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the court was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no money or property so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not submitted. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example operating Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", prosecutors could seek further action to "satisfy the amount due".