🔗 Share this article Isak Burglars Ordered to Pay Only £1 Each from £1.2m Heists Charlie Jovanovic admitted participating in the burglaries Individuals of an Italy-based clan of thieves who stole over £1.2 million worth of goods, among them from former NUFC forward Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 per person. Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the northeastern of England to burgle three houses in spring 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for from six and 10 years in 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to pay back £1 per person while Charlie Jovanovic must pay over a thousand pounds. Particulars of the Burglaries The judge previously heard the group came by ferry in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and used a RV as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while using another car to scout out targets and carry out thefts. On 31 March they took over £1m of items such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were on holiday. Valentino was the only one of the foursome to contest burglary but was convicted by the jury The following night, the crew entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, and stole luxury bags, valuables and shoes worth more than £100,000. Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the home of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking ten thousand pounds in cash, £68,000 valued of jewellery and the player's £120,000 luxury car. The group, who were described by the prosecution as experienced touring thieves, wore hand coverings and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their targets and strapped a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, 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 Audi from footballer Isak's home Court Hearings and Sentencing Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation. At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said every one of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge heard, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he failed to pay. The other three had no money or property so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the consequence if the money was not submitted. The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the coming years, "such as operating in Italy in a fast car or owning a property", the prosecution could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the sum outstanding".