🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Pay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Thefts Charlie Jovanovic admitted participating in the crimes Individuals of an Italy-based family of thieves who stole over £1.2m worth of goods, including from ex- NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 each. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their sister Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the north-east of England to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025. At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135. Details of the Break-ins The judge was told the group arrived by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham rest stops while using another car to search for properties and execute burglaries. On 31 March they stole more than £1m of items including high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the sole member of the foursome to contest burglary but was convicted by the jury The next evening, the gang entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, jewellery and footwear worth more than £100,000. After scouting out the football club's facility for two days, they then acted at the residence of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The gang, who were described by prosecutors as experienced touring thieves, used gloves and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars stole cash and jewelry valued at eighty thousand pounds and an car from footballer Alexander Isak's home Court Hearings and Sentencing Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie was the only one found to have any money that could be "realised", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by police, the court heard, with 14 days to be served in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no money or assets so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in prison the consequence if the sum was not submitted. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "such as driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a home", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the amount outstanding".