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Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who stole more than £1.2m valued of items, including from former Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 per person.

Brothers Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in April 2024.

The group of four were imprisoned for from six and 10 years in May 2025.

At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 each while Charlie must pay £1,135.

Particulars of the Burglaries

The court was told the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham service service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out targets and carry out thefts.

On March 31 they stole over one million pounds of items including high-end fashion, handbags, jewelry and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday.

The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and stole designer handbags, valuables and shoes worth over £100,000.

After scouting out the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the residence of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 valued of jewellery and the striker's £120,000 luxury car.

The group, who were described by prosecutors as experienced touring burglars, used hand coverings and masks, switched their phones off as they approached their targets and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were arrested in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by jurors, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the same charge.

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the burglars had benefited from their crimes to the value of £1,266,285.93, 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 heard, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he failed to pay.

The other three had no assets or property so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not submitted.

The judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as operating Italy in a fast car or owning a property", the prosecution could initiate further action to "satisfy the sum due".