Goyle sen. in Azkaban?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85187

> > If Goyle wasn't involved in the Ministry raid, they can't pin 
> anything
> > on him yet.
  
> Hickengruendler: 
> But he was at Voldemort's rebirth at the graveyard. Harry saw him 
> there and he mentioned Goyle's name in the interview. Now, that 
> everybody knows Harry was telling the truth, wouldn't it be logical 
> to arrest Goyle as well? Harry is a witness, that should be enough to 
> get Goyle.
> 


I don't think he can be arrested for appearing at a secret meeting at
which he did nothing more than stand aside to watch Voldemort duel
Harry. The DEs didn't plan the Ministry raid in Harry's hearing so he
can't be arrested on conspiracy charges. He would have to be arrested
on specific charges (using an illegal spell, for example). He's not
one of the escapees from Azkaban. He apparently escaped prison, as
Lucius Malfoy and several others did, by pretending to have been under
an Imperius curse. Until he commits an actual crime, the Ministry has
no grounds to arrest him. No doubt he'll be closely watched now that
he's been identified as a Death Eater (if Fudge remembers that Harry
named him as attending the meeting), but as far as I know, just being
a Death Eater is not in itself a crime. Malfoy and the others walked
around as free as ever until they were arrested for participating in
the DoM raid.

Carol