🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Instructed to Repay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2m Heists Giacomo Nikolov admitted their involvement in the burglaries Individuals of an Italian family of thieves who took more than £1.2 million worth of goods, among them from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back just £1 each. Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for between six and 10 years in May 2025. At a criminal assets hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Burglaries The court previously heard the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham service service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out properties and execute thefts. On March 31 they took over £1m of items such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewelry and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the group to deny burglary but was found guilty by the jury The following night, the crew broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and footwear valued at over £100,000. Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Swedish striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, £68,000 worth of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6. The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as professional itinerant burglars, wore hand coverings and masks, turned their mobile devices on silent as they neared their targets and attached a license plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their car with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13. Thieves stole cash and jewelry valued at £80,000 and an Audi from footballer Isak's home Court Proceedings and Rulings Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the defendants had benefited from their offenses to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the judge heard, with two weeks to be served in prison if he defaulted. The remaining members had no assets or property so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not submitted. The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "such as driving around in Italy in a fast car or owning a home", prosecutors could seek further action to "satisfy the sum outstanding".