🔗 Share this article Isak Robbers Ordered to Repay Only £1 Each from £1.2 Million Heists Giacomo Nikolov admitted their involvement in the crimes Members of an Italian family of burglars who stole over £1.2 million worth of goods, among them from ex- NUFC forward Alexander Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each. Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie travelled to the north-east of the UK to burgle three houses in spring 2024. The group of four were imprisoned for from a decade or less in 2025. At a criminal assets proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie must hand over £1,135. Details of the Break-ins The court previously heard the group came by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham service stations while using another car to scout out properties and execute burglaries. On 31 March they took more than £1m of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewellery and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away. Valentino was the sole member of the group to contest the charge but was found guilty by jurors The following night, the gang entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took luxury bags, jewellery and shoes valued at more than £100,000. After scouting out the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the residence of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6. The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional itinerant burglars, used gloves and face coverings, switched their mobile devices on silent as they neared their targets and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their car with elastic bands. They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on 13 April. Thieves stole money and jewellery valued at eighty thousand pounds and an Audi from footballer Isak's home Court Proceedings and Rulings Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations 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 offenses to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost. But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he defaulted. The remaining members had no assets or property so were directed to pay a token amount of £1 per person, with one week in prison the consequence if the money was not submitted. Judge Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the future, "for example driving around in Italy in a sports car or possessing a property", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "satisfy the sum due".