Isak Burglars Ordered to Pay Just £1 Per Person from £1.2m Thefts

Members of an Italian family of burglars who took over £1.2m valued of goods, among them from ex- NUFC striker Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 per person.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie journeyed to the north-east of England to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

The group of four were jailed for from a decade or less in May 2025.

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

Details of the Burglaries

The court was told the group came by boat in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham rest stops while utilizing a separate vehicle to scout out properties and execute burglaries.

On March 31 they took more than £1m of items such as designer clothing, purses, jewelry and a honor from a residence on a street in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday.

The following night, the crew entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, jewellery and footwear worth over one hundred thousand pounds.

After scouting out the football club's facility for two days, they then struck at the home of Swedish player Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, £68,000 valued of jewelry and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6.

The gang, who were portrayed by the prosecution as experienced touring burglars, wore gloves and masks, turned their mobile devices on silent as they approached their targets and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13.

Court Hearings and Rulings

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to the burglary plot but was found guilty by the court, while his family members had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer Daniel Cordey said each of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the victims said they had lost.

But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by police, the court was informed, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he defaulted.

The other three had no assets or property so were directed to make a token amount of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the consequence if the sum was not submitted.

Judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as driving around Italy in a fast car or owning a home", the prosecution could seek further action to "recover the sum due".