🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Thefts Charlie Jovanovic confessed to participating in the burglaries Members of an Italian clan of thieves who stole over £1.2m worth of items, among them from ex- Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 per person. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie journeyed to the north-east of England to raid multiple homes in spring 2024. The foursome were jailed for from six and 10 years in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135. Particulars of the Burglaries The judge previously heard the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they stationed at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute burglaries. On 31 March they took more than £1m of goods including high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the group to contest the charge but was found guilty by the jury The next evening, the crew broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, jewellery and shoes valued at over £100,000. After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional itinerant burglars, wore hand coverings and masks, switched their phones off as they approached their targets and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Thieves took money and jewelry valued at £80,000 and an Audi from footballer Isak's property Legal Proceedings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary 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 each of the defendants had benefited from their offenses to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie was the only one found to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had already been seized by police, the court was informed, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no assets or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 each, with one week in prison the consequence if the money was not submitted. Judge Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "such as operating Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "recover the amount due".