🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Heists Jela Jovanovic admitted participating in the burglaries Individuals of an Italian family of burglars who took more than £1.2m valued of goods, among them from ex- NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 per person. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to raid multiple homes in April 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for between six and 10 years in 2025. At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Burglaries The court previously heard the gang came by ferry in the UK on March 27, 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 execute burglaries. On March 31 they took more than one million pounds of items including designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino was the sole member of the group to contest the charge but was convicted by the jury The following night, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, valuables and shoes worth over £100,000. After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then acted at the residence of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The group, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional touring burglars, used hand coverings and masks, switched their phones off as they neared their objectives and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham on 13 April. Burglars took money and jewellery worth £80,000 and an Audi from footballer Isak's property Court Hearings and Rulings Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge. At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said every one of the defendants had benefited from their offenses to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be served in prison if he failed to pay. The other three had no assets or property so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the money was not paid. Judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "for example operating Italy in a fast car or owning a property", the prosecution could initiate further action to "recover the sum due".