THE blogger who took it upon himself to make “a political statement” out of the death of Melbourne woman Eurydice Dixon has been labelled “despicable” by a judge.

Andrew Nolch, 29, drew a five-metre penis on the grass at Princes Park in Carlton where Ms Dixon was allegedly raped and murdered days earlier, on June 13 this year.

He did so because he thought the 22-year-old comedian’s death had been hijacked by feminists and used to paint all men as evil.

On Monday, a judge sentenced him to 200 hours community service and ordered him to undertake a men’s behaviour change course.

“The emotional damage of your conduct is immeasurable,” Magistrate Olivia Trumble said while sentencing him. “Your conduct, in my view, is inexplicable and your actions despicable.”

But Nolch is unapologetic. He told waiting media outside court that feminists are degrading women’s rights and took to social media to explain his behaviour.

“I am an advocate for equal rights for both genders,” he wrote on Twitter.

“Not all men are bad! I did the political grafetti (sic) because the mainstream media and feminists turned the tragic murder of Eurydice Dixon into one giant political man hating event, ignoring real possible solutions to the problem.”

Nolch’s stunt cost authorities $19,500 — which he will be required to repay — and forced the removal of a large section of grass ahead of a vigil held in Ms Dixon’s honour.

He drew the lewd image not far from where flowers had piled up at a makeshift memorial visited by thousands of Melburnians, in a bid to cause outrage in the community and highlight his view that men were being painted in a negative light.

Lawyer Glenn Thexton told the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last week that Nolch’s views were shared by many.

“His main focus was to make a political statement in respect of what he felt was all men being depicted as bad,” Mr Thexton said.

Ms Trumble asked Mr Thexton where Nolch’s anti-feminist beliefs had come from.

“What’s going on?” she asked. “I don’t find much of that to be very helpful.”

Mr Thexton said Nolch had “openly stated that he’s not remorseful for drawing the graffiti on the grass … but he is remorseful for causing offence to Eurydice Dixon’s family.”

Ms Dixon was raped and killed on her way home from a gig at the Highlander Bar in the Melbourne CBD. She was allegedly followed into the park where her body was found the following morning by a passer-by.

A 19-year-old man has been charged with one count of rape and one count of murder and will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in December.

Thousands of people attended the vigil for Ms Dixon, including Premier Daniel Andrews, who wrote on Facebook that the behaviour of women does not need to change, but the behaviour of men does.

— with AAP