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Individuals of an Italy-based family of thieves who stole over £1.2 million valued of items, including from former NUFC forward Isak, have been ordered to return only £1 each.

Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie travelled to the northeastern of England to raid multiple homes in spring 2024.

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

At a criminal assets hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to pay back £1 per person while Charlie must hand over £1,135.

Particulars of the Break-ins

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 service rest stops while using a separate vehicle to search for targets and carry out burglaries.

On 31 March they stole over £1m of goods including designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a residence on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away.

The next evening, the crew broke into a house on a private road in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and footwear valued at over £100,000.

Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for two days, they then acted at the home of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, taking ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds valued of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car.

The gang, who were described by prosecutors as experienced touring thieves, used gloves and face coverings, turned their phones on silent as they approached their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were apprehended in the Birmingham on April 13.

Legal Hearings and Sentencing

Valentino had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by the court, while his family members had all entered admissions to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime session, prosecutor the prosecution said each of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was based on what the victims said they had lost.

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge heard, with 14 days to be spent in prison if he failed to pay.

The other three had no money or property so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the consequence if the money was not paid.

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with property in the coming years, "such as operating in Italy in a fast car or possessing a home", the prosecution could seek further action to "recover the amount outstanding".