In response, he places a powerful Memory Charm on her, causing permanent damage. She overhears Winky talking to Barty, and confronts Crouch Sr.

uses the Imperius Curse to prevent Barty from causing any trouble, Winky implores him time and time again to reward his son for good behavior.īertha Jonkins, a Ministry employee, accidentally discovers the truth when she drops by their place one day. Winky is the devoted house-elf serving the Crouch family, who is entrusted by her master to nurse his son back to health when he is brought back from Azkaban. is demoted from the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to the Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation due to his son’s crime. He uses his son's trial as a public example of how Death Eaters should be punished: a life sentence in Azkaban.Īfterward, Crouch Sr. disowns his son in front of the entire Wizengamot despite his desperate pleas. Having devoted his entire life to catching dark wizards - with high ambitions of becoming Minister for Magic one day - Crouch Sr. leading the trial) sentences him to the full extent of the law. The prolonged use of the Cruciatus Curse ultimately drives them into insanity.īarty is only 19 when they are all caught, but the Council of Magical Law (with Crouch Sr. After the Dark Lord disappears, a group of Death Eaters (including Barty) torment the renowned Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom to gain information on Voldemort’s whereabouts. He goes on to join Voldemort’s cause at the height of the First Wizarding War. Based on his age, it can be assumed that Barty attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry around the same time as Severus Snape and other Death Eaters. is a pure-blood wizard and the son of Barty Crouch Sr., who holds a prominent position at the Ministry of Magic.

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