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Members of an Italy-based clan of thieves who took more than £1.2m valued of goods, including from former Newcastle United striker Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 each.

Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in spring 2024.

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

At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.

Particulars of the Burglaries

The court previously heard the group arrived by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "headquarters", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out targets and carry out burglaries.

On 31 March they stole over one million pounds of items such as high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were away.

The next evening, the crew entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, jewellery and shoes worth more than one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing £10,000 in cash, £68,000 valued of jewellery and the striker's £120,000 luxury car.

The group, who were described by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, used hand coverings and face coverings, turned their phones off as they neared their objectives and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his three relations had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost.

But Charlie was the sole individual found to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he failed to pay.

The other three had no assets or assets so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the result if the sum was not paid.

Judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "such as operating Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", prosecutors could seek further action to "satisfy the sum due".