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Individuals of an Italy-based family of thieves who took more than £1.2m worth of items, including from ex- Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to raid multiple homes in April 2024.

The foursome were jailed for from a decade or less in 2025.

At a proceeds of crime hearing at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must pay £1,135.

Particulars of the Burglaries

The judge was told the group came by ferry in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and employed a RV as their "base of operations", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and execute burglaries.

On March 31 they stole more than £1m of items including designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a CBE medal from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the residents were away.

The next evening, the gang broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, jewellery and shoes worth over £100,000.

After scouting out Newcastle United's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the home of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking £10,000 in money, £68,000 worth of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car.

The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, wore hand coverings and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they neared their targets and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13.

Legal Proceedings and Sentencing

Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all submitted guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had lost.

But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any funds that could be "recovered", namely over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court heard, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he failed to pay.

The other three had no money or assets so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in incarceration the result if the money was not paid.

Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as driving around Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "satisfy the sum outstanding".