🔗 Share this article Alexander Isak Burglars Instructed to Pay Just £1 Each from £1.2m Heists Giacomo Nikolov confessed to their involvement in the burglaries Members of an Italy-based family of thieves who took more than £1.2 million worth of items, including from ex- NUFC striker Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 each. Brothers Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of England to raid multiple homes in spring 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for from a decade or less in May 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at the court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135. Particulars of the Burglaries The judge was told the gang came by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "headquarters", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while using another car to scout out targets and carry out thefts. On March 31 they stole over one million pounds of items such as designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away. Valentino Nikolov was the sole member of the group to deny burglary but was found guilty by jurors The following night, the crew broke into a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, valuables and footwear worth more than £100,000. After scouting out the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the home of Swedish striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing £10,000 in cash, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car. The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as experienced touring burglars, wore hand coverings and face coverings, switched their phones off as they approached their targets and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13. Thieves stole cash and jewellery valued at eighty thousand pounds and an car from footballer Alexander Isak's property Legal Hearings and Sentencing Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey 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 lost. But Charlie was the sole individual found to have any money that could be "realised", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be served in jail if he failed to pay. The remaining members had no assets or property so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the money was not paid. Judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the coming years, "such as driving around Italy in a sports car or owning a property", prosecutors could initiate further action to "satisfy the sum outstanding".