Alexander Isak Burglars Instructed to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2 Million Thefts

Members of an Italy-based clan of burglars who stole more than £1.2 million valued of items, among them from former Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 per person.

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

The group of four were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025.

At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to pay back £1 each while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.

Particulars of the Burglaries

The court was told the group arrived by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham service rest stops while using another car to search for properties and carry out thefts.

On March 31 they took more than £1m of items such as high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were away.

The following night, the crew entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and shoes worth over one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing £10,000 in money, £68,000 worth of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The group, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional itinerant burglars, wore gloves and masks, turned their phones on silent as they neared their targets and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with elastic bands.

They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the defendants had benefited from their offenses to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had had stolen.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the judge heard, with two weeks to be served in jail if he failed to pay.

The other three had no money or assets so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the sum was not paid.

The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "such as operating in Italy in a sports car or owning a home", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the amount outstanding".