Activists parked a billboard saying 'you will not silence our pain' out the front of an elite Sydney private school after an ex-student avoided punishment for hitting a woman in the face.
Nick Drummond, 20, shamed a young woman during a night out on Sydney's North Shore last December, telling her to 'put your t**s away' before striking her in the face. Drummond had coward-punched another man in the back of the head earlier that evening.
The kids' soccer coach was sentenced by the NSW District Court for assault and destroying property earlier this month, with Judge Robert Sutherland finding the incidents were sparked by his 'loose tongue and loose thoughts' and alcohol use.
Judge Sutherland condemned his 'lewd and completely inappropriate remark towards someone he didn't know but whose dress might have been perceived by a former student of Knox to be provocative.'
The judge found Drummond's actions were an aberration and it wasn't 'necessary' for convictions to be recorded against him.
The decision has sparked a furious backlash - including prompting the women's health start-up Ovira to send a message to Drummond and his female victim by parking the billboard outside his old school on Sunday.
Women's health start-up Ovira parked a huge billboard out the front of Knox Grammar on Sunday in support of the female victim of a vicious attack from a former student
Nick Drummond pleaded guilty to assault and was granted a conditional release order with 14 months good behaviour eariler this month
Above is the outfit a judge described as 'provocative' before allowing Drummond to walk without conviction despite punching the woman in the face
'We wanted to do something for her, we wanted a message of support to send to her,' Ovira founder Alice Williams told Daily Mail Australia.
'We've got your back and this is not OK. We see you and hope you know you have our support.'
Ms Williams said her company - which makes TENS machines - has a 12,000-strong Facebook group with employees and customers which discusses social issues.
'Early last week we saw what the court did, we said: "This cant be true, surely they're missing something'," Ms Williams told Daily Mail Australia.
'There's no way this boy could have gotten off scot-free.'
The company decided to make a statement and send a public message to Drummond's victim and other women who have been abused or assaulted.
'Not only was she punched in the face, but the message it sends that you can do this and society won't do anything about it,' Ms Williams said.
The team initially had some more brazen ideas for the billboard - including showing the image of a woman being punched in the face.
In the end, they went for the simpler message of 'You will not silence our pain'.
'Early last week we saw what the court did, we said: 'This cant be true, surely they're missing something',' Ms Williams said. 'There's no way this boy could've got off scot-free'
The junior soccer coach and state-league player called his female victim a 's**t' and told her to put her 't*ts away', before telling her to 'f*** off' when she asked for an apology
Ms Williams said security guards at the school stood outside and took photos of them when they parked the billboard outside Knox
After parking the semitrailer, Ms Williams said security guards at the school stood outside and took pictures of them.
'Heaps of people came up to us on the street. There were couples, families with children,' she said.
'It's 2021, why is a man allowed to assault a woman and the judge is asking what she was wearing?
'Whether it was provocative is redundant.'
She said they have a 12,000-strong Facebook group with employees and customers who talk about a variety of social issues, with Nick Drummond's story a topic of conversation last week
Nick Drummond, 20, (pictured) told his victim to 'put her t*** away' before later smashing her in the face having previously coward punching a random stranger in the back of the head outside a bar
The man Drummond coward punched previously told Daily Mail Australia there was 'no justice' in the court's decision to let him walk away without
