🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Burglars Instructed to Repay Only £1 Per Person from £1.2m Heists Charlie Jovanovic admitted their involvement in the burglaries Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who stole over £1.2m valued of items, including from ex- NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 per person. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of England to raid three houses in spring 2024. The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025. At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Break-ins The judge previously heard the group came by ferry in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service service stations while using a separate vehicle to scout out targets and execute thefts. On March 31 they took more than £1m of goods including high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were on holiday. Valentino Nikolov was the only one of the group to contest burglary but was found guilty by jurors The next evening, the crew entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, jewellery and shoes worth more than one hundred thousand pounds. Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The gang, who were described by the prosecution as experienced itinerant thieves, wore hand coverings and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they approached their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with rubber straps. They were arrested in the Birmingham area on April 13. Burglars stole money and jewellery worth eighty thousand pounds and an car from footballer Alexander Isak's property Court Proceedings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge. At the criminal gains session, lawyer the prosecution said each of the burglars had benefited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the court heard, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he defaulted. The other three had no money or property so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the result if the money was not paid. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "for example operating in Italy in a sports car or owning a home", prosecutors could initiate further action to "recover the sum outstanding".