Alexander Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Only £1 Each from £1.2m Heists

Members of an Italian clan of burglars who took over £1.2 million valued of goods, including from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 each.

Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid three houses in spring 2024.

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

At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie must hand over £1,135.

Details of the Burglaries

The court previously heard the gang arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing another car to scout out targets and carry out burglaries.

On 31 March they took more than one million pounds of goods including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were away.

The next evening, the crew broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, jewellery and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for two days, they then acted at the residence of Swedish striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced itinerant thieves, wore hand coverings and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they approached their objectives and strapped a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13.

Court Hearings and Sentencing

Valentino Nikolov had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by jurors, while his three relations had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by police, the judge heard, with two weeks to be served in prison if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no money or property so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 each, 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 in Italy in a sports car or possessing a property", the prosecution could initiate further action to "satisfy the amount due".