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Individuals of an Italian family of thieves who took more than £1.2m worth of items, among them from ex- NUFC forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 per person.

Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of England to raid three houses in April 2024.

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

At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.

Particulars of the Break-ins

The court previously heard the group came by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out targets and execute burglaries.

On March 31 they took more than £1m of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were away.

The next evening, the gang entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, valuables and footwear valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking £10,000 in cash, £68,000 worth of jewelry and the player's £120,000 luxury car.

The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional touring burglars, used gloves and masks, turned their phones on silent as they neared their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13.

Court Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor 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 had stolen.

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 two weeks to be spent in jail if he defaulted.

The other three had no money or property so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the consequence if the sum was not submitted.

Judge Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "for example driving around in Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the amount outstanding".