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Members of an Italian family of burglars who took more than £1.2m valued of goods, among them from ex- NUFC forward Isak, have been ordered to return only £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie travelled to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

The foursome were imprisoned for between six and 10 years in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds.

Details of the Burglaries

The judge previously heard the group arrived by ferry in the UK on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while utilizing another car to scout out targets and execute burglaries.

On 31 March they took over one million pounds of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday.

The following night, the crew entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, jewellery and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The group, who were portrayed by the prosecution as professional itinerant burglars, wore hand coverings and masks, turned their mobile devices on silent as they approached their objectives and strapped a number plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13.

Court Hearings and Rulings

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

At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen.

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by police, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he failed to pay.

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

Judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example driving around in Italy in a sports car or owning a property", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the amount outstanding".