Despite avoiding jail for defacing Eurydice Dixon's memorial, anti-feminist blogger Andrew Nolch has launched an appeal of his conviction and sentence, claiming he had a bad lawyer.

The 29-year-old pleaded guilty in September to criminal damage for painting a 25-metre long penis on the grass at the Princes Park memorial in Carlton North.

Nolch, who hosts a Scientology podcast, committed the crime only days after Ms Dixon, a young comedian, was killed.

Andrew Nolch enters the County Court in Melbourne on Friday. Credit:Simon Schluter

He did it as a "political statement" because he believed feminists had "hijacked" Ms Dixon's death and turned it into a women's rights issue, his former lawyer Glenn Thexton said.