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Members of an Italian family of thieves who took more than £1.2m worth of items, among them from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 each.

Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the north-east of England to raid three houses in April 2024.

The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in May 2025.

At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds.

Particulars of the Break-ins

The court previously heard the gang arrived by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service service stations while using a separate vehicle to search for properties and carry out burglaries.

On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of goods such as high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday.

The following night, the crew entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, jewellery and shoes valued at more than £100,000.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then acted at the residence of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The gang, who were described by prosecutors as professional touring burglars, wore gloves and masks, turned their phones on silent as they approached their targets and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Court Hearings and Sentencing

Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered admissions to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer the prosecution said each of the burglars had profited 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 only one deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be served in jail if he failed to pay.

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

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "for example operating Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek further action to "recover the sum due".