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Individuals of an Italian clan of thieves who stole more than £1.2 million valued of goods, among them from ex- Newcastle United striker Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of England to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

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

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

Particulars of the Burglaries

The judge was told the gang arrived by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "headquarters", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service rest stops while using a separate vehicle to scout out properties and carry out burglaries.

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

The following night, the crew broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, valuables and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out the football club's training ground for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional touring thieves, wore hand coverings and masks, turned their mobile devices off as they neared their targets and strapped a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

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

At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had had stolen.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the court was informed, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he defaulted.

The remaining members had no assets or property so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the consequence if the money was not submitted.

Judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "such as driving around Italy in a fast car or owning a home", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the sum due".