🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Burglars Ordered to Pay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2m Thefts Giacomo Nikolov confessed to participating in the burglaries Members of an Italian clan of burglars who took over £1.2m worth of goods, including from ex- NUFC striker Isak, have been ordered to return just £1 each. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in April 2024. The group of four were jailed for from six and 10 years in 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Burglaries The court previously heard the group arrived by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service service stations while using another car to search for targets and execute thefts. On 31 March they stole over £1m of goods including high-end fashion, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the foursome to deny the charge but was convicted by the jury The following night, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and footwear worth over £100,000. After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then acted at the residence of Swedish striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The gang, who were described by the prosecution as professional touring burglars, wore gloves and masks, switched their phones off as they neared their objectives and strapped a number plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands. They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13. Thieves took cash and jewellery valued at eighty thousand pounds and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's property Court Hearings and Rulings Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual found to have any money that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court was informed, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no money or property so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the money was not paid. The judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "such as driving around in Italy in a sports car or owning a property", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "recover the sum outstanding".