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Individuals of an Italy-based family of thieves who stole over £1.2 million valued of items, including from ex- Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in April 2024.

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

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

Details of the Burglaries

The judge previously heard the group arrived by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while using a separate vehicle to scout out properties and execute burglaries.

On 31 March they took over one million pounds of items such as high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday.

The following night, the gang entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and stole luxury bags, valuables and footwear valued at over one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for two days, they then acted at the residence of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 valued of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car.

The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced itinerant thieves, used hand coverings and masks, turned their mobile devices on silent as they neared their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

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

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had benefited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, 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", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the court heard, with two weeks to be served in prison if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no money or assets so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the sum was not submitted.

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example driving around in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "recover the sum outstanding".