NSW: Where You Can Punch A Women In The Face & Get Away With It.. If You Went To The Right School

When I look for an article topic to write on I like to find a question I want answered from the current news cycle and go from there. The question I have after scrolling through the internet today: Why the fuck was a twenty year old man allowed to punch a women in the face and get away with it? Actually, more than get away with it, why was he allowed to do this and then have to incident ERASED? 

In December 2020 Nicholas Drummond was partying with friends at The Greengate Hotel in Killara in NSW when he had his first run in with the victim- calling her a “slut” and telling her to “put your tits away.” They continued to run into each other on several occasions during the night. 

Later that night, Drummond was involved in another altercation in which he was ejected from the Orchard Hotel in Chatswood and as a result punched a stranger in the back of the head who was simply waiting in the queue to enter the venue. 

It was when Drummond was walking from a venue to the train station that the woman he had previously called a “slut” approached him in search of an apology.He proceeded to punch her in the face, knocking her to the ground and causing multiple injuries. He continued his tirade by stomping on her phone- destroying the device.

In court this week Nicholas Drummon pleaded guilty to assaulting both the women and the innocent bystander. Despite his guilty plea Drtummond will not be serving any prison sentence for his actions, in fact the NSW District Court has decided to instead erase his convictions. 

The barrister for Drummond argued that the man had a difficult year including the emotions of having to deal with the death of a family dog. It was also noted that Drummond is a graduate of elite-Sydney boys school Knox Grammar. 

This is what Judge Robert Sutherland had to say before deeming the convictions as unnecessary and allowing Drummond to basically get away with his actions. 

“A 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.” 

Yep- you heard that right. Nicholas Drummond, a former private school student, has had his actions erased from the court because of where he went to school and the outfit his victim was wearing. Amazing. 

The female victim has come forward this week to express her disappointment that it was the mention of the outfit she was wearing that was the centre of his defence. “I’m extremely disappointed with the judges comment as I feel that what I was wearing shouldn’t have even been commented on.” 

“It made me feel as if his actions were justified.” They were not. 

Even though what the woman was wearing has absolutely no relevance to what Nicholas Drummond did, I’ll tell you anyway, just so we are all on the same page. A long sleeve top and shorts. That is the “provocative” outfit that has led a man to have his actions erased. Instead the court has been left with his assurances that he “was brought up better”, that he “knew better” and that he knows “violence is not the answer, especially not towards women.” Phew- that makes me so glad.