Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who stole over £1.2 million valued of goods, including from former Newcastle United forward Isak, have been ordered to pay back only £1 each.
Brothers Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, their sister Jela Jovanovic and her child Charlie travelled to the northeastern of England to raid three houses in spring 2024.
The group of four were jailed for between six and 10 years in May 2025.
At a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie must pay over a thousand pounds.
The court was told the group came by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service service stations while using another car to search for targets and carry out thefts.
On March 31 they took over one million pounds of items such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewelry and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the residents were away.
The next evening, the crew entered a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and footwear worth more than one hundred thousand pounds.
Following surveillance of Newcastle United's facility for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Swedish player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the striker's £120,000 luxury car.
The gang, who were portrayed by prosecutors as professional touring burglars, used gloves and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they neared their targets and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their vehicle with rubber straps.
They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13.
Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered admissions to the same charge.
At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had had stolen.
But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", namely £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the judge heard, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he failed to pay.
The other three had no money or property so were ordered to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with one week in incarceration the result if the money was not submitted.
The judge Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "for example operating in Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "recover the amount due".
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