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Individuals of an Italy-based family of thieves who stole more than £1.2m valued of goods, among them from former Newcastle United forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 per person.

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

The group of four were jailed for between six and 10 years in May 2025.

At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135.

Particulars of the Burglaries

The court was told the group came by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out targets and carry out burglaries.

On 31 March they stole more than £1m of goods such as designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away.

The next evening, the crew entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and footwear worth over £100,000.

Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the residence of Swedish striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, taking ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's £120,000 luxury car.

The group, who were described by the prosecution as experienced itinerant burglars, wore gloves and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they approached their targets and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all submitted guilty pleas to the same charge.

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

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the judge heard, with 14 days to be served in jail if he failed to pay.

The other three had no assets or property so were directed to make a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the consequence if the sum was not paid.

Judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "for example operating Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", prosecutors could seek further action to "recover the amount due".