🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Instructed to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2 Million Heists Jela Jovanovic confessed to their involvement in the crimes Members of an Italian family of thieves who took more than £1.2 million worth of items, including from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 each. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her child Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of England to burgle three houses in spring 2024. The foursome were jailed for from six and 10 years in May 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay £1,135. Details of the Break-ins The court was told the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out targets and execute thefts. On March 31 they stole over £1m of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were away. Valentino Nikolov was the only one of the group to contest the charge but was convicted by jurors The following night, the crew entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, jewellery and footwear worth more than £100,000. After scouting out the football club's facility for two days, they then acted at the home of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional touring burglars, used gloves and masks, turned their phones on silent as they neared their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Thieves stole money and jewellery valued at eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from then-Newcastle United striker Isak's home Court Hearings and Rulings Valentino Nikolov had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation. At the proceeds of crime hearing, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no assets or property so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not paid. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "for example operating in Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", prosecutors could seek further action to "satisfy the sum outstanding".