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Members of an Italian family of thieves who took over £1.2m valued of goods, among them from ex- Newcastle United forward Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the north-east of the UK to burgle multiple homes in April 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 instructed to pay back £1 each while Charlie must hand over over a thousand pounds.

Particulars of the Burglaries

The judge previously heard the group arrived by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "base of operations", which they stationed at Scotch Corner and Durham service stations while using a separate vehicle to search for properties and execute thefts.

On March 31 they took more than £1m of items including high-end fashion, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday.

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

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for two days, they then struck at the home of Swedish striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 worth of jewelry and the player's £120,000 luxury car.

The group, who were described by the prosecution as professional itinerant thieves, wore gloves and face coverings, switched their phones off as they neared their objectives and attached a license plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Legal Proceedings and Rulings

Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was convicted 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 burglars had benefited 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 found to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had already been seized by authorities, the court heard, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he defaulted.

The remaining members had no assets or property so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 each, with seven days in prison the consequence if the money was not submitted.

Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "such as operating Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", the prosecution could initiate further action to "recover the sum outstanding".