Alexander Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2m Thefts

Individuals of an Italian family of thieves who took more than £1.2m worth of items, among them from ex- NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie travelled to the north-east of the UK to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

The group of four were jailed for from a decade or less in May 2025.

At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135.

Particulars of the Break-ins

The court previously heard the group arrived by ferry in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while using another car to scout out properties and carry out burglaries.

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

The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, valuables and shoes worth over one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional touring thieves, wore gloves and masks, switched their phones off as they approached their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

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

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said each of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual found to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court was informed, with two weeks to be served in prison if he defaulted.

The remaining members had no money or assets so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the result if the money was not paid.

The judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "for example driving around Italy in a fast car or owning a property", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount due".