🔗 Share this article Isak Burglars Instructed to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2 Million Thefts Charlie Jovanovic admitted participating in the crimes Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who took over £1.2 million valued of goods, among them from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 per person. Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in spring 2024. The foursome were jailed for between six and 10 years in 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie must hand over over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Burglaries The court was told the group arrived by ferry in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service service stations while using a separate vehicle to scout out targets and carry out thefts. On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of items including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away. Valentino was the sole member of the foursome to contest the charge but was found guilty by jurors The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole designer handbags, valuables and footwear worth more than £100,000. After scouting out the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the player's £120,000 luxury car. The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as professional itinerant burglars, used gloves and masks, switched their phones on silent as they neared their objectives and attached 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 on April 13. Thieves stole money and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an car from footballer Isak's property Legal Proceedings and Sentencing Valentino had pleaded not guilty to 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 hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said each of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by police, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be served in jail if he defaulted. The remaining members had no money or assets so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the result if the sum was not submitted. 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 new proceedings to "recover the sum outstanding".