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Individuals of an Italian family of thieves who stole more than £1.2m valued of goods, including from former NUFC forward Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 per person.

Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her son Charlie journeyed to the north-east of England to raid three houses in April 2024.

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

At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie must pay £1,135.

Details of the Break-ins

The judge previously heard the gang came by ferry in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024 and employed a campervan as their "headquarters", which they stationed at a service area and Durham service service stations while using a separate vehicle to search for properties and carry out burglaries.

On March 31 they stole more than one million pounds of items including designer clothing, handbags, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were on holiday.

The following night, the crew entered a home on a private road in Whitburn, and stole designer handbags, valuables and footwear worth over £100,000.

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for 48 hours, they then struck at the residence of Sweden player Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, stealing ten thousand pounds in cash, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.

The group, who were described by the prosecution as experienced touring thieves, used hand coverings and masks, switched their mobile devices off as they neared their targets and attached a number plate, which had been stolen from a garage in a town, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham on April 13.

Court Hearings and Rulings

Valentino Nikolov had denied conspiracy to burglary but was found guilty by jurors, while his three relations had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge.

At the criminal gains session, lawyer the prosecution said each of the burglars had profited from their crimes to the value of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen.

But Charlie was the only one deemed to have any money that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he failed to pay.

The remaining members had no assets or assets so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 per person, with seven days in prison the consequence if the money was not submitted.

The judge Robert Spragg said if they were discovered with assets in the future, "for example operating Italy in a fast car or owning a property", the prosecution could seek new proceedings to "recover the amount due".