Members of an Italy-based family of thieves who stole over £1.2 million worth of goods, including from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been ordered to return only £1 each.
Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid three houses in spring 2024.
The group of four were imprisoned for from a decade or less in May 2025.
At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds.
Particulars of the Break-ins
The court was told the gang arrived by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they stationed at a service area and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out properties and carry out burglaries.
On March 31 they took more than one million pounds of goods including designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday.
The following night, the gang entered a house on a private road in Whitburn, and stole luxury bags, valuables and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds.
Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Swedish striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.
The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional itinerant burglars, wore hand coverings and masks, turned their phones on silent as they neared their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their car with elastic bands.
They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.
Legal Hearings and Rulings
Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation.
At the proceeds of crime hearing, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost.
But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any funds that could be "realised", namely £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the judge was informed, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he defaulted.
The other three had no money or property so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in prison the consequence if the sum was not paid.
Judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "such as operating Italy in a fast car or owning a property", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount outstanding".
