The criminal life of a former police officer who recorded rap videos has come to light after she was convicted in court for failing to act honestly as a public sector employee.

Hayley May Greenwood faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court today where she was found guilty of withholding relevant information from her patrol partner when a suspect they were investigating was an associate of her drug-dealing partner.

Greenwood is already serving jail time after being arrested in 2015 during Operation Calypso and charged with abuse of public office, trafficking a controlled drug, aggravated theft and possessing a prohibited item.

The criminal life of a former police officer Hayley May Greenwood who recorded rap videos has come to light after she was convicted in court for failing to act honestly as a public sector employee

She was sentenced to four and a half years jail for the offences.

She faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court today after being charged for failing to act honestly and asked the court to show leniency.

Magistrate Brett Dixon said any leniency shown towards Greenwood would be 'inappropriate' The Advertiser reported.

'A conviction is a form of punishment and serves as a manner of communicating the public’s condemnation to others who may offend in a similar way,' he said.

He said the public had a right to know that Greenwood had been 'marked' and to demand the 'utmost honesty and integrity from its law enforcement officers'.

Mr Dixon said behaviour such as Greenwood's needed to be dettered and had she not already been serving jail time he may have given her a good behaviour bond.

Instead he imposed a fine of $2100.

She faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court (pictured) today where she was found guilty of withholding relevant information from her patrol partner when a suspect they were investigating was an associate of her drug-dealing partner

Her hidden life all came to light when she inadvertently left her hand bag, which was packed with drug paraphernalia, on a busy city street.

Police combed through the evidence to help build their original case against Greenwood.

In the process of court proceedings it was also revealed that in addition to working as a drug-dealer and a police officer Greenwood was 'moonlighting' as a prostitute at a brothel.

Mr Dixon granted an application by The Advertiser to lift a suppression order from Greenwood's initial hearing which had banned the exposure of Greenwood's third life as a 'prostitute'.

She went by the alias of 'Chase' when she would moonlight at a brothel in Findon with photos of her being posted to the businesses website.

She originally sought the suppression order when the Sunday Mail first reported on her 'third life', on the grounds that it was 'only an allegation', but when she made a submission for leniency last month her lawyers had to confirm the allegation.

During that trial she admitted to the court she had been involved in dealing more than 6.6g of methylamphetamine and $1000 cash while she was still employed as a police officer.