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Isak Robbers Instructed to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Heists
Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who took over £1.2m valued of items, among them from ex- Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 each.
Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in spring 2024.
The group of four were jailed for from six and 10 years in May 2025.
At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.
Details of the Burglaries
The court previously heard the group arrived by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service rest stops while using another car to search for targets and execute thefts.
On 31 March they stole over one million pounds of items including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a CBE medal from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were on holiday.
The next evening, the crew entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, jewellery and shoes valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.
Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then struck at the residence of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.
The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, used hand coverings and masks, switched their phones off as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with rubber straps.
They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April.
Court Hearings and Rulings
Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the same charge.
At the proceeds of crime hearing, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen.
But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he defaulted.
The remaining members had no money or property so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the result if the sum was not submitted.
The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "such as driving around in Italy in a sports car or owning a home", prosecutors could seek further action to "satisfy the amount due".
Kim Ramirez
A passionate golfer and journalist with over a decade of experience covering PGA tours and equipment innovations.
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