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Members of an Italian family of thieves who took over £1.2m valued of items, among them from former Newcastle United striker Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 each.

Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie travelled to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024.

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

At a criminal assets proceeding at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.

Details of the Break-ins

The court previously heard the gang arrived by boat in the UK on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while using a separate vehicle to scout out properties and carry out burglaries.

On 31 March they took over £1m of items such as designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away.

The following night, the gang entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took luxury bags, jewellery and footwear worth more than £100,000.

Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, taking ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The group, who were described by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, used gloves and masks, switched their phones off as they approached their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with elastic bands.

They were arrested in the Birmingham area on 13 April.

Court Proceedings and Rulings

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

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said each 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 Jovanovic was the only one found to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be served in prison if he defaulted.

The other three had no money or property so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with seven days in prison the consequence if the sum was not submitted.

Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as operating in Italy in a fast car or owning a home", the prosecution could seek further action to "recover the amount due".