Bunbury author Sigari Luckwell has launched her third book, Right for Rape Left for Murder, a medical memoir.
The novel tells the story of Derek and Carol Pocock, pioneering WA medical doctors in the 70s and 80s.
On social outings in the evenings, Derek would carry both pagers in his jacket pocket.
If the right one buzzed, Carol was needed to assess a rape victim, if the left one went off, he was called to the scene of a murder.
Carol set up the first Sexual Assault Referral Centre in the country and one of the first world-wide.
Derek’s work as a forensic pathologist led him to establish training for mortuary attendants and to begin teaching Criminology at UWA.
The book was launched by Curtin University chemistry professor and WA Forensic Science Society president Simon Lewis, who spoke of the historical significance of the Pocock’s work in the field of forensic medicine.
Right for Rape Left for Murder is available at Collins Bookshop.
