🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to participating in the burglaries Members of an Italian clan of burglars who took over £1.2m valued of items, including from ex- Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 per person. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of the UK to raid multiple homes in April 2024. The foursome were jailed for between a decade or less in May 2025. At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135. Details of the Break-ins The court was told the gang arrived by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they stationed at a service area and Durham rest stops while using another car to scout out properties and execute burglaries. On 31 March they took more than £1m of items including designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were away. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to contest burglary but was convicted by jurors The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth over £100,000. Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the home of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing £10,000 in cash, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The group, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring thieves, wore hand coverings and face coverings, switched their phones on silent as they approached their targets and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham on 13 April. Burglars stole cash and jewelry valued at eighty thousand pounds and an car from footballer Alexander Isak's home Legal Proceedings and Sentencing Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his three relations had all entered admissions to the identical accusation. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer the prosecution said each of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen. But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual found to have any funds that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he defaulted. The other three had no money or assets so were directed to make a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the sum was not paid. Judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "such as operating in Italy in a fast car or owning a home", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount outstanding".