A “professional group of travelling burglars” broke into Premier League star Alexander Isak’s home and stole his car, jewellery worth £68,000 (€81,600) and up to £10,000 (€12,000) in cash, a court has heard.
The Newcastle United and Sweden forward was not in his house in Darras Hall, Northumberland, when the gang broke in through a glass door last April, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
The thieves had already stolen jewellery and clothes worth more than £1 million (€1.2 million) from a Tyneside businesswoman and designer goods worth £100,000 (€120,000) from a woman living on Wearside in the previous days.
Three members of the same family, living in Italy, have admitted conspiracy to commit burglary, Newcastle Crown Court has heard.
A fourth family member, Valentino Nikolov, 32, denies the charge.
Dan Cordey, prosecuting, said Isak left his home between 4pm and 10pm on April 4th, and he discovered the break-in when he returned and saw his bins had been moved.
The gang broke into his TV room and “inside an untidy search took place”, Mr Cordey said.
Cash between £5,000 and £10,000 was taken, along with jewellery worth about £68,000 and his Audi car, which a member of the public later found abandoned, jurors were told.
The gang also took a safe, which had been left by the home’s previous occupant, although it did not contain anything valuable, Mr Cordey said.
CCTV images of the break-in were recorded on what Mr Cordey described as a “doggy cam”.
He said: “This was a professional group of travelling burglars.
“It contained one female and three men – all related.
“Two of those men and one female have admitted their part in pleading guilty.”
Mr Cordey said the fourth man was the defendant Valentino Nikolov.
The gang arrived in the
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