🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Ordered to Pay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Thefts Jela Jovanovic admitted participating in the burglaries Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who took over £1.2 million valued of items, including from former Newcastle United forward Isak, have been ordered to return only £1 per person. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of England to burgle 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 Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Break-ins The judge was told the gang arrived by ferry in the UK on 27 March 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while using a separate vehicle to scout out targets and carry out thefts. On 31 March they took over £1m of items including high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to deny burglary but was convicted by jurors The next evening, the gang entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes valued at over one hundred thousand pounds. Following surveillance of the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional touring thieves, used hand coverings and face coverings, turned their phones off as they approached their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham on 13 April. Burglars took cash and jewelry worth eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's home Court Proceedings and Rulings Valentino Nikolov had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the criminal gains session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie was the only one found to have any funds that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court heard, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he defaulted. The remaining members had no assets or assets so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the consequence if the money was not submitted. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with assets in the coming years, "such as operating in Italy in a sports car or possessing a property", the prosecution could initiate further action to "recover the amount due".