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Isak Robbers Instructed to Repay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2 Million Heists
Individuals of an Italian family of burglars who took more than £1.2 million worth of goods, including from former NUFC striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to return only £1 each.
Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie travelled to the northeastern of England to raid three houses in April 2024.
The foursome were jailed for from six and 10 years in May 2025.
At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to pay back £1 per person while Charlie must hand over £1,135.
Details of the Break-ins
The court previously heard the gang arrived by boat in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2024 and employed a campervan as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while using another car to search for properties and carry out burglaries.
On 31 March they stole more than £1m of goods including high-end fashion, purses, jewelry and a honor from a house on a street in Jesmond, while the owners were away.
The following night, the crew broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, valuables and footwear worth over £100,000.
Following surveillance of Newcastle United's training ground for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing £10,000 in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewellery and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.
The group, who were described by prosecutors as professional itinerant thieves, wore hand coverings and face coverings, 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 car with elastic bands.
They were arrested in the Birmingham area on April 13.
Court Proceedings 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 entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation.
At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer the prosecution said each of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was determined by what the victims said they had lost.
But Charlie was the only one found to have any funds that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had already been seized by police, the court heard, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he defaulted.
The remaining members had no assets or assets so were ordered to make a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in prison the consequence if the sum was not submitted.
The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "for example driving around in Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", prosecutors could seek further action to "recover the amount outstanding".
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