Members of an Italy-based clan of burglars who took more than £1.2m worth of items, including from former Newcastle United striker Isak, have been mandated to pay back just £1 each.
Brothers Valentino Nikolov and Giacomo, their female sibling Jela and her child Charlie Jovanovic travelled to the north-east of the UK to raid multiple homes in spring 2024.
The foursome were imprisoned for from six and 10 years in May 2025.
At a proceeds of crime proceeding at Newcastle Crown Court, Jela and the Nikolov brothers were instructed to repay £1 each while Charlie must pay £1,135.
The judge was told the group came by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and used a RV as their "base of operations", which they parked at a service area and Durham rest stops while using another car to scout out properties and carry out thefts.
On March 31 they took more than one million pounds of goods such as high-end fashion, purses, jewellery and a CBE medal from a residence on a street in Jesmond, while the residents were away.
The following night, the crew broke into a home on a private road in Whitburn, and took designer handbags, valuables and footwear valued at more than one hundred thousand pounds.
After scouting out Newcastle United's training ground for two days, they then struck at the home of Swedish striker Alexander Isak in Darras Hall on April 4, stealing ten thousand pounds in money, sixty-eight thousand pounds worth of jewelry and the striker's one hundred twenty thousand pound Audi RS6.
The group, who were described by prosecutors as professional touring burglars, used hand coverings and face coverings, turned their mobile devices on silent as they approached their objectives and strapped a number plate, which had been taken from a auto shop in a town, on to their vehicle with elastic bands.
They were apprehended in the Birmingham area on April 13.
Valentino Nikolov had denied the burglary plot but was convicted by jurors, while his three relations had all submitted admissions to the identical accusation.
At the criminal gains hearing, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the defendants had benefited from their crimes to the value of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost.
But Charlie was the sole individual found to have any funds that could be "recovered", specifically over a thousand pounds which had previously been confiscated by authorities, the court heard, with two weeks to be spent in prison if he defaulted.
The other three had no money or assets so were ordered to make a token amount of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the consequence if the sum was not paid.
The judge Spragg said if they were found with assets in the future, "for example driving around Italy in a sports car or possessing a home", prosecutors could seek further action to "satisfy the amount outstanding".
