🔗 Share this article Isak Burglars Ordered to Pay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2m Thefts Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the burglaries Individuals of an Italian clan of thieves who took over £1.2m worth of items, including from ex- Newcastle United striker Isak, have been ordered to return only £1 each. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid three houses in spring 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for between six and 10 years in 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds. Details of the Burglaries The court previously heard the group came by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while using a separate vehicle to scout out targets and execute burglaries. On March 31 they stole over £1m of items including designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to deny the charge but was convicted by jurors The next evening, the gang broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, jewellery and footwear valued at over £100,000. Following surveillance of the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6. The group, who were described by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, used hand coverings and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their targets and attached a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Thieves took money and jewellery valued at £80,000 and an car from footballer Alexander Isak's property Court Proceedings and Rulings Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said each of the defendants had benefited from their offenses to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be served in jail if he defaulted. The remaining members had no assets or property so were ordered to make 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 assets in the future, "such as driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a property", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "recover the amount due".