Individuals of an Italian clan of burglars who took more than £1.2m valued of items, among them from ex- Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, have been mandated to pay back only £1 per person.
Siblings Valentino and Giacomo, their sister Jela and her child Charlie Jovanovic journeyed to the northeastern of the UK to burgle multiple homes in spring 2024.
The group of four were jailed for from six and 10 years in 2025.
At a proceeds of crime proceeding at the court, Jela and the brothers Nikolov were ordered to repay £1 each while Charlie Jovanovic must hand over £1,135.
The judge previously heard the gang arrived by ferry in the UK on March 27, 2024 and employed a RV as their "headquarters", which they parked at a service area and Durham service service stations while utilizing a separate vehicle to search for targets and carry out burglaries.
On March 31 they took over one million pounds of goods such as high-end fashion, handbags, jewellery and a CBE medal from a house on Clayton Road in Jesmond, Newcastle, while the owners were away.
The next evening, the gang broke into a house on a gated cul-de-sac in Whitburn, South Tyneside, and took designer handbags, valuables and footwear valued at over £100,000.
Following surveillance of the football club's training ground for 48 hours, they then acted at the residence of Sweden striker Mr Isak in Darras Hall, Ponteland on April 4, taking £10,000 in money, £68,000 worth of jewellery and the player's £120,000 Audi RS6.
The gang, who were described by prosecutors as professional touring thieves, wore hand coverings and face coverings, switched their mobile devices off as they approached their targets and attached a license plate, which had been stolen from a auto shop in Chester-le-Street, on to their car with elastic bands.
They were apprehended in the Birmingham on 13 April.
Valentino had denied conspiracy to burglary but was convicted by jurors, while his family members had all entered guilty pleas to the same charge.
At the proceeds of crime session, lawyer the prosecution said every one of the burglars had profited from their offenses to the amount of over £1.2 million, which was based on what the affected parties said they had lost.
But Charlie Jovanovic was the only one found to have any funds that could be "realised", specifically over a thousand pounds which had already been seized by authorities, the judge heard, with 14 days to be spent in jail if he defaulted.
The remaining members had no assets or property so were directed to pay a nominal fee of £1 each, with one week in incarceration the result if the sum was not paid.
The judge Robert Spragg said if they were found with property in the coming years, "such as driving around in Italy in a sports car or possessing a property", the prosecution could seek further action to "recover the sum outstanding".
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