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Individuals of an Italy-based family of burglars who stole over £1.2m worth of goods, among them from ex- Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to return just £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of the UK to burgle three houses in April 2024.

The foursome were imprisoned for from six and 10 years in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to pay back £1 per person while Charlie must hand over over a thousand pounds.

Particulars of the Break-ins

The court previously heard the group arrived by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out targets and execute burglaries.

On March 31 they stole over one million pounds of goods including designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday.

The next evening, the gang broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, jewellery and shoes worth more than £100,000.

After scouting out the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the home of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, wore hand coverings and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they approached their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were arrested in the Birmingham area on April 13.

Legal Proceedings and Rulings

Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by jurors, while his family members had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor Daniel Cordey said every one of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the victims said they had had stolen.

But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically £1,135.50 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 other three had no assets or property so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the consequence if the money was not paid.

Judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "for example driving around in Italy in a sports car or owning a home", prosecutors could initiate further action to "satisfy the sum outstanding".