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Individuals of an Italy-based family of burglars who stole more than £1.2 million valued of goods, among them from ex- NUFC striker Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 per person.

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

The foursome were jailed for from six and 10 years in 2025.

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

Details of the Break-ins

The court previously heard the group came by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while using a separate vehicle to scout out properties and execute burglaries.

On 31 March they took more than one million pounds of items such as designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away.

The following night, the gang broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, valuables and footwear valued at over £100,000.

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Sweden player Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the striker's £120,000 luxury car.

The group, who were portrayed by the prosecution as professional touring burglars, used hand coverings and masks, switched their phones on silent as they approached their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13.

Legal Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered admissions to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost.

But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the court heard, with 14 days to be served in jail if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no assets or assets so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the money was not paid.

The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "such as operating in Italy in a sports car or owning a home", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the sum due".