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Individuals of an Italy-based clan of burglars who took more than £1.2m valued of items, among them from former NUFC striker Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her son Charlie journeyed to the north-east of England to burgle three houses in spring 2024.

The foursome were jailed for between a decade or less in May 2025.

At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135.

Details of the Break-ins

The court was told the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service service stations while utilizing another car to scout out targets and execute burglaries.

On March 31 they stole over £1m of goods including high-end fashion, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday.

The next evening, the gang entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, jewellery and footwear valued at more than £100,000.

After scouting out the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the home of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced itinerant burglars, used hand coverings and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they neared their objectives and attached a license 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.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by jurors, while his family members had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.

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

But Charlie was the only one found to have any money that could be "realised", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no money or assets so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in prison the consequence if the sum was not paid.

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "such as driving around in Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the amount outstanding".