Alexander Isak Robbers Instructed to Repay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Thefts

Individuals of an Italy-based clan of thieves who stole over £1.2 million valued of items, including from former NUFC striker Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to raid multiple homes in April 2024.

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

At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135.

Details of the Break-ins

The judge previously heard the gang came by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service stations while utilizing another car to search for targets and execute thefts.

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

The following night, the gang broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, and stole designer handbags, valuables and shoes worth over £100,000.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then acted at the home of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in money, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional itinerant burglars, used gloves and masks, turned their phones off as they neared their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham area on April 13.

Court Proceedings and Sentencing

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to 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 hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost.

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he defaulted.

The other three had no assets or assets so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the result if the money was not submitted.

The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "such as driving around Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the sum due".