Members of an Italy family who burgled nearly £200,000 worth of goods from Alexander Isak – and over £1million worth from other people – have reportedly been ordered to pay back a measly £1 each.
Valentino and Giacomo Nikolov, sister Jela Jovanovic and her son Charlie Jovanovic broke into Isak’s Northumberland mansion in April 2024.
There, they grabbed £10,000 in cash, jewellery worth £68,000, and his Audi RS6 valued at £120,000.
The quad of burglars were put behind bars in May this year, each sentenced for between six and 10 years.
The Nikolov brothers and their sister have been ordered to repay just £1 each, while Charlie Jovanovic must return £1,135, after a proceeds of crime hearing at Newcastle Crown Court, according to the BBC.
The meagre fee of £1 has been ordered because they have no money or assets. Jovanovic was the only one of the four who the court found could pay back more.
Italian burglers who robbed more than £200,000 worth of goods from Alexander Isak’s home in Northumberland have been ordered to pay back £1, with another demanded to pay £1,135
Brothers Giacomo Nikolov (L) and Valentino Nikolov (R) have been ordered to pay £1 each
Their sister Jela Jovanovic (L) has been ordered to pay £1 while her son Charlie Jovanovic (R) must pay £1,135
Judge Robert Spragg added that were they to be found with assets in the future, prosecutors could attempt to ‘satisfy the amount outstanding’ by opening new proceedings.
Police confirmed at the time of the burglary that a vehicle was stolen from Isak’s property in Darras Hall, a 20-minute drive to Newcastle, before being found abandoned in nearby Dissington.
They also raided two other homes on different nights. The gang had arrived in the UK, via ferry from Calais to Dover in a Citroen C3 and a Ford motorhome, in March.
They made for London before driving to the north-east of England a few days later.
On March 31 last year they stole upwards of £1m of goods from a home in Jesmond, Newcastle while its owners, Helen and Michael McCardle, were away on holiday.
The gang stole her CBE medal in addition to expensive clothes, jewellery, gold coins and handbags, totaling more than £1m.
On April 1, a house in Whitburn, South Tyneside was their target. They came away with a haul worth upwards of £100,000, comprised of designer handbags, jewellery and shoes.
The Italians were eventually arrested on April 13, 2024 around Birmingham.
