The NSW Police constable, who is likely to lose his job over the attack, was sentenced to a two-year community corrections order in Penrith Local Court on Monday after pleading guilty to indecent assault. In convicting Willey of the "reprehensible" act, magistrate Geoff Hiatt said he was unable to find the officer was genuinely remorseful for the attack. His decision came after prosecutor Kate Owens said the community was "fed-up with this kind of behaviour." "There is quite a vocal protest going on in this state and elsewhere," Ms Owens told Mr Hiatt. "She was randomly attacked by this offender.

"Women in particular should be able to attend these events and go about their day-to-day lives without fear of this kind of interference with their body." But in response to her comments, defence lawyer Ben Clark said current political movements were irrelevant in punishing his client, declaring "this is not #MeToo". Loading "My client is not being sentenced for being Harvey Weinstein," Mr Clark said. Willey, 26, has been suspended with pay for more than a year after he approached the woman, who had just left the toilet block and rejoined her boyfriend when the attack unfolded.

He disappeared after being told to wait at the event so officers could return his backpack, which was found to be holding an empty flask and a small bottle of vodka. Mr Clark said it was "to the credit of the young complainant" that she was content with simply having Constable Willey evicted on the day. But Ms Owens said Constable Willey's victim had wanted to remain at the event for which she'd paid a lot of money, and had turned up to court to see the case through. Mr Clark said Willey experienced a moment of "absolute madness" and enjoyed an otherwise unblemished record. "He obviously got carried away on the day," Mr Clark said.

"At the end of the day, it was momentary, it was brief, it was on the outside of the clothing." Mr Clark said that after a five-and-a-half-year stint in the job, Willey's conviction would end a "lifelong ambition of his to be an officer and to serve the people of NSW". He said his client had suffered additional punishment in the form of ongoing media scrutiny. "It's not as if he's walking out of here unpunished," he said. "If there's a skerrick of a possibility that he'd remain in the police force, that is something we'd like to explore."