JKR's cryptic answer: "Who sent the Lestranges to the Longbottoms?"

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dcgmck:
> Barty, Jr. sprang to mind for me as well when I first read JKR's 
> latest teasers. Though young, he put me very much in mind of Tom 
> Riddle at Hogwarts: accomplished yet dissatisfied with the 
> recognition (and lack thereof). He is clearly fueled by an enormous 
> amount of hate, especially for his father. This combination of 
> talent and animosity makes him an excellent choice as favored pet 
> for LV. It also puts him in perfect position to discredit Crouch, 
> Sr. in a way unavailable to anyone else. 
> 
> Discrediting Crouch, Sr. and accepting imprisonment in Azkaban not 
> only proves his loyalty to his evil master, it also falls in line 
> with the idea of torture as the preferred option over death. 
> I can easily see it being Barty's idea to make use of the sadistic 
> Bella to torture the Longbottoms. There doesn't seem to have been 
> any effort to conceal the act, assuring that they would be caught, 
> he would be tried, and his father would leave himself open to 
> public censure for somehow allowing his only son to either turn out 
> badly or be unjustly imprisoned.


SSSusan:
Just a question of clarification.  

Barty, Jr., in his trial scene, was nothing more than a kid 
screaming, crying and begging his father to spare him, pleading and 
denying his guilt.  He didn't go off calmly or willingly, declaring 
loyalty to Voldy, the way Bella, for instance, went.  Are you arguing 
that this was totally an act on BJ's part, his attempt to try to gain 
sympathy for himself and/or generate an outcry against his father?

Siriusly Snapey Susan