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Individuals of an Italy-based clan of burglars who took over £1.2 million valued of goods, including from former Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each.

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

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

At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie must pay £1,135.

Details of the Break-ins

The judge was told the gang came by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham service service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and carry out burglaries.

On March 31 they took more than one million pounds of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday.

The next evening, the crew broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and shoes valued at over £100,000.

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Swedish striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The gang, who were described by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, wore gloves and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by jurors, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge.

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each 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 Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he defaulted.

The other three had no assets or property so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not submitted.

The judge Robert 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 "recover the sum outstanding".