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Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts
Members of an Italian family of thieves who stole more than £1.2 million valued of items, including from former Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each.
Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie travelled to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in spring 2024.
The group of four were jailed for from six and 10 years in 2025.
At a criminal assets hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds.
Particulars of the Burglaries
The court previously heard the gang arrived by ferry in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while using a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute thefts.
On 31 March they took over £1m of items such as high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were on holiday.
The following night, the crew broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole designer handbags, jewellery and shoes worth over one hundred thousand pounds.
After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then struck at the home of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the player's £120,000 luxury car.
The group, who were described by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, wore gloves and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they neared their targets and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.
They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13.
Legal Hearings and Sentencing
Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge.
At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen.
But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he failed to pay.
The remaining members had no assets or property so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in prison 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 in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the amount due".
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