Members of an Italy-based clan of thieves who stole over £1.2 million valued of items, including from ex- Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return just £1 each.
Siblings Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their female sibling Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie travelled to the northeastern of the UK to raid three houses in April 2024.
The group of four were imprisoned for from six and 10 years in May 2025.
At a criminal assets hearing at the court, Jela Jovanovic and the Nikolov brothers were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135.
Particulars of the Break-ins
The judge previously heard the group arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service service stations while using a separate vehicle to search for properties and execute thefts.
On March 31 they stole more than one million pounds of goods such as designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were away.
The next evening, the crew broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, jewellery and footwear worth more than £100,000.
After scouting out the football club's facility for two days, they then struck at the residence of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the player's £120,000 luxury car.
The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional touring burglars, used hand coverings and masks, switched their mobile devices on silent as they approached their objectives and attached a number 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.
Court Hearings and Sentencing
Valentino Nikolov had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.
At the criminal gains hearing, prosecutor the prosecution said every one of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had had stolen.
But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge heard, with 14 days to be served in jail if he failed to pay.
The other three had no money or assets so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the result if the money was not paid.
Judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the future, "such as driving around in Italy in a fast car or owning a property", prosecutors could initiate new proceedings to "recover the amount outstanding".
