🔗 Share this article Isak Burglars Ordered to Pay Only £1 Each from £1.2m Heists Jela Jovanovic admitted their involvement in the crimes Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who took more than £1.2m valued of goods, including from former NUFC forward Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 each. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of England to raid multiple homes in spring 2024. The foursome were jailed for between a decade or less in 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Burglaries The judge was told the gang came 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 service stations while using a separate vehicle to search for properties and carry out thefts. On 31 March they took over £1m of items such as designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the foursome to deny burglary but was found guilty by the jury The next evening, the crew broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, and stole designer handbags, valuables and shoes valued at over £100,000. After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, taking ten thousand pounds in cash, £68,000 valued of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced touring burglars, wore hand coverings and face coverings, turned their mobile devices on silent as they approached their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Thieves took money and jewelry worth eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's home Legal Proceedings and Rulings Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, while his three relations had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the criminal gains session, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by police, the court was informed, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he failed to pay. The other three had no assets or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the money was not submitted. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as driving around in Italy in a sports car or owning a home", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "recover the amount outstanding".