Isak Burglars Ordered to Pay Only £1 Each from £1.2 Million Thefts
Individuals of an Italian family of burglars who stole over £1.2m 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 Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024.
The foursome were imprisoned for from six and 10 years in May 2025.
At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.
Particulars of the Burglaries
The judge previously heard the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while using a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute thefts.
On March 31 they stole over one million pounds of items such as designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday.
The following night, the gang entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.
Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the home of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 worth of jewelry and the striker's £120,000 luxury car.
The group, who were portrayed by the prosecution as professional touring burglars, used gloves and masks, turned their mobile devices on silent as they approached their targets and attached a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with rubber straps.
They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.
Legal Proceedings and Rulings
Valentino Nikolov had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation.
At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost.
But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any money that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge heard, with two weeks to be served in prison if he defaulted.
The remaining members had no assets or property so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the sum was not paid.
The judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "for example driving around in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", prosecutors could seek further action to "recover the sum outstanding".
