Isak Robbers Ordered to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2 Million Heists
Members of an Italian family of thieves who stole over £1.2 million worth of goods, among them from former NUFC striker Isak, have been ordered to return only £1 each.
Siblings Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie travelled to the north-east of England to raid three houses in spring 2024.
The foursome were jailed for from six and 10 years in 2025.
At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over over a thousand pounds.
Particulars of the Burglaries
The court previously heard the group came by ferry 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 using another car to search for properties and execute thefts.
On 31 March they took over one million pounds of items including designer clothing, handbags, jewelry and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the residents were on holiday.
The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, valuables and shoes valued at over one hundred thousand pounds.
After scouting out Newcastle United's facility for two days, they then acted at the home of Swedish striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the striker's £120,000 Audi RS6.
The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, used hand coverings and face coverings, switched their phones off as they neared their objectives 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 area on 13 April.
Court Hearings and Rulings
Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation.
At the criminal gains hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen.
But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the court was informed, with two weeks to be served in prison if he failed to pay.
The other three had no assets or assets so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the result if the sum was not submitted.
Judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example driving around Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", the prosecution could seek further action to "satisfy the amount due".
