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Members of an Italian clan of burglars who took over £1.2 million valued of goods, among them from former NUFC forward Isak, have been ordered to return just £1 per person.

Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

The group of four were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025.

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

Particulars of the Break-ins

The court previously heard the group arrived by ferry in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while using another car to search for properties and carry out burglaries.

On 31 March they took more than one million pounds of items including designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday.

The next evening, the gang broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, valuables and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The group, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, used gloves and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they approached their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13.

Court Hearings and Rulings

Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains session, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any money that could be "realised", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the court heard, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he defaulted.

The remaining members had no assets or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not submitted.

The judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the coming years, "such as driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a property", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the sum outstanding".