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Members of an Italian clan of burglars who stole more than £1.2m valued of items, including from ex- NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in April 2024.

The group of four were jailed for between a decade or less in May 2025.

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

Details of the Burglaries

The judge previously heard the gang arrived by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service service stations while using another car to search for targets and execute burglaries.

On 31 March they stole more than one million pounds of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were on holiday.

The next evening, the gang entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth over one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car.

The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced itinerant thieves, wore gloves and face coverings, turned their phones off as they approached their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Court Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual found to have any money that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge heard, with 14 days to be served in prison if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no assets or property so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the money was not submitted.

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