🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts Charlie Jovanovic admitted participating in the crimes Individuals of an Italy-based family of thieves who stole more than £1.2 million worth of goods, including from former Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 per person. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in April 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for from six and 10 years in May 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to pay back £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds. Details of the Break-ins The judge was told the group arrived by ferry in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and employed a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while utilizing another car to search for properties and execute burglaries. On 31 March they stole over £1m of goods including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were away. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to deny the charge but was found guilty by the jury The following night, the gang broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and shoes valued at over one hundred thousand pounds. After scouting out Newcastle United's facility 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 valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional itinerant burglars, used gloves and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they neared their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Thieves took money and jewelry worth £80,000 and an car from then-Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak's home Court Hearings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by jurors, while his family members had all entered admissions to the same charge. At the proceeds of crime hearing, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the burglars had benefited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court was informed, with 14 days to be served in prison if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no money or assets so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not submitted. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "such as driving around in Italy in a fast car or owning a property", the prosecution could seek further action to "recover the amount outstanding".