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

Brothers Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her child Charlie journeyed to the north-east of the UK to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.

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

At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were instructed to repay £1 per person while Charlie must hand over £1,135.

Details of the Break-ins

The judge was told the gang came by ferry in the UK on 27 March 2024 and used a campervan as their "headquarters", which they parked at Scotch Corner and Durham service rest stops while utilizing another car to search for targets and carry out thefts.

On March 31 they took over £1m of items including high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a honor from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, while the residents were away.

The next evening, the gang entered a home on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and stole luxury bags, valuables and footwear valued at more than £100,000.

Following surveillance of the football club's facility for two days, they then struck at the home of Sweden striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on 4 April, taking £10,000 in cash, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the player's one hundred twenty thousand pound luxury car.

The gang, who were described by the prosecution as experienced touring thieves, used hand coverings and masks, switched their phones on silent as they approached their objectives and attached a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their car with rubber straps.

They were arrested in the Birmingham on 13 April.

Court Proceedings and Sentencing

Valentino had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the identical accusation.

At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the defendants had profited from their offenses to the amount of £1,266,285.93, which was determined by what the affected parties said they had had stolen.

But Charlie was the sole individual deemed to have any money that could be "recovered", specifically £1,135.50 which had previously been confiscated by police, the judge was informed, with two weeks to be spent in jail if he failed to pay.

The other three had no assets or property so were ordered to pay a token amount of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the result if the money was not submitted.

The judge Spragg said if they were found with property in the future, "for example operating in Italy in a fast car or possessing a property", prosecutors could seek new proceedings to "recover the sum outstanding".