Individuals of an Italian family of burglars who stole more than £1.2 million worth of goods, including from ex- Newcastle United striker Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each.
Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie travelled to the northeastern of the UK to burgle three houses in April 2024.
The foursome were imprisoned for from a decade or less in May 2025.
At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135.
Particulars of the Burglaries
The court previously heard the gang came by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service service stations while using another car to search for properties and execute burglaries.
On March 31 they stole more than £1m of items such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were on holiday.
The following night, the crew entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole designer handbags, valuables and shoes valued at over £100,000.
Following surveillance of the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Swedish striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in cash, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car.
The group, who were described by prosecutors as professional itinerant burglars, wore gloves and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they approached their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been taken from a garage in a town, on to their car with elastic bands.
They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.
Legal Hearings and Rulings
Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all submitted guilty pleas to the same charge.
At the criminal gains session, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the defendants had profited from their offenses to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen.
But Charlie Jovanovic was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by police, the judge heard, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he failed to pay.
The other three had no money or assets so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the result if the sum was not submitted.
The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "such as driving around Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount due".
