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Members of an Italian clan of burglars who stole more than £1.2 million worth of items, among them from former Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 per person.

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

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

At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay £1,135.

Details of the Burglaries

The judge previously heard the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service service stations while utilizing another car to search for targets and execute burglaries.

On March 31 they took over one million pounds of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents 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 one hundred thousand pounds.

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for two days, they then acted at the residence of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car.

The gang, who were described by the prosecution as professional itinerant thieves, used gloves and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they approached their targets and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

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

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had had stolen.

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court heard, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no assets or assets so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in prison the result if the money was not paid.

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as driving around in Italy in a sports car or possessing a property", prosecutors could initiate further action to "satisfy the sum due".