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Individuals of an Italian clan of thieves who took more than £1.2 million valued of items, including from ex- NUFC forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie travelled to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

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

At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135.

Details of the Burglaries

The court previously heard the group came by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham service service stations while using another car to scout out properties and execute burglaries.

On 31 March they stole more than £1m of goods including high-end fashion, handbags, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the residents were away.

The next evening, the gang entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, valuables and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The group, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced itinerant burglars, wore hand coverings and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13.

Legal Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had lost.

But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the judge heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no assets or assets so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in prison the consequence if the money was not paid.

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the future, "for example driving around Italy in a sports car or possessing a property", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "recover the sum due".