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Members of an Italian clan of burglars who took over £1.2m valued of items, among them from ex- Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her son Charlie travelled to the northeastern of the UK to burgle multiple homes in April 2024.

The foursome were jailed for from six and 10 years in May 2025.

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

Particulars of the Break-ins

The judge was told the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while using a separate vehicle to search for properties and carry out thefts.

On March 31 they took over £1m of goods including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday.

The next evening, the crew entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, jewellery and shoes valued at over one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional itinerant burglars, wore gloves and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13.

Legal Proceedings 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 guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the burglars had benefited from their offenses to the value of £1,266,285.93, 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", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the court heard, with 14 days to be served in prison if he defaulted.

The other three had no money or assets so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the money was not paid.

Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "such as operating Italy in a sports car or owning a property", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount outstanding".