Three women have been jailed for a combined total of six years for a series of robberies
Geta Schian 33 , Geneza Dumitru 35 and
The trio worked together to distract, charm and steal from lone women in the community, including on one occasion, a 97-year-old woman.
On one occasion, in October 2025 Mazarache approached a mum walking her son to nursery school along Meldon Road, Rusholme.
Mazarache began to compliment the woman and her young child and reached for her hand. Mazarache was pulling on the woman’s ring causing her pain and the woman pulled her hand away. Mazarache also attempted to snatch the woman’s mobile phone as she screamed for help and Mazarache walked away.
On another occasion, the following month a woman was walking home along Oxford Road when she was approached by Mazarache and Schian. They began to grab her and hug her and asked her to buy them food of give them money.
Mazarache and Schian took the woman under an archway and one of them put their hand up her sleeve and pulled her gold bracelet off her wrist. The pair ran off in separate directions.
On a third occasion in January 2026, a woman was stood on Oxford Street waiting for her daughter when Mazarache, Schian and Dumitru approached her. Two of them and began to talk to her while the third remain close by on look-out.
One of the women hugged the woman and attempted to take the ring off her finger and she shouted for help. Mazarache, Schian and Dumitru made off.
Later that day a 97-year-old woman, was
They began to hold the elderly woman’s hand and hugged and kissed her. During this time, the two women stole a jade antique bracelet off the elderly woman’s hand.
PC Dombai from The Neighbourhood Crime Team at Longsight said: “We take reports like these very seriously. Our local police teams are committed to tackling crime and keeping the people of our communities safe.
“We hope this sentence sends a message that robbery will not be tolerated. We will pursue offenders and bring them to justice.
“If you see anything like this, please do report it to the police and we will pursue it with the greatest importance.”
