Individuals of an Italian family of burglars who took more than £1.2m worth of goods, among them from former Newcastle United forward Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 per person.
Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of England to raid multiple homes in April 2024.
The group of four were imprisoned for from a decade or less in May 2025.
At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie must hand over £1,135.
Particulars of the Break-ins
The court was told the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while using a separate vehicle to scout out targets and execute thefts.
On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of goods such as high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday.
The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, jewellery and shoes valued at over one hundred thousand pounds.
After scouting out the football club's facility for two days, they then acted at the home of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in cash, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car.
The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional touring thieves, wore gloves and masks, turned their phones 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 arrested 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 entered guilty pleas to the same charge.
At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen.
But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by police, the court heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he failed to pay.
The other three had no assets or property so were directed to make a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not submitted.
The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the future, "for example driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a property", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount outstanding".
