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Individuals of an Italian clan of thieves who stole over £1.2m worth of items, including from former NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been ordered to return just £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

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

At a criminal assets proceeding at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie must pay £1,135.

Particulars of the Burglaries

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 parked at a service area and Durham service service stations while using another car to search for properties and execute thefts.

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

The next evening, the crew entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, jewellery and shoes worth more than £100,000.

Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for two days, they then struck at the home of Swedish striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing £10,000 in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The group, who were described by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, wore gloves and masks, turned their mobile devices off as they neared their objectives and strapped a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham area on April 13.

Legal Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by jurors, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains session, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the defendants had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had lost.

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he defaulted.

The remaining members had no assets or assets so were directed to make a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not submitted.

Judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "such as driving around in Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", the prosecution could initiate further action to "recover the amount due".