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Members of an Italy-based clan of burglars who stole over £1.2m valued of goods, among them from former NUFC forward Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie travelled to the northeastern of England to raid three houses in spring 2024.

The group of four were jailed for between a decade or less in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds.

Particulars of the Break-ins

The judge previously heard the group came by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while utilizing another car to search for properties and execute burglaries.

On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of goods such as designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away.

The following night, the gang entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, and stole luxury bags, jewellery and shoes worth over £100,000.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the home of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional itinerant burglars, used gloves and face coverings, turned their phones off as they neared their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Court Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the defendants had profited from their offenses to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen.

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the court heard, with two weeks to be served in jail if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no money or property so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the result if the money was not paid.

The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "for example driving around in Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek further action to "satisfy the sum due".