[HPforGrownups] Sirius's escape from Azkaban

[laurie goudge]

No: HPFGUIDX 167711


--- missxunderstud <janbo77 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> If Sirius escaped from Azkaban so easily after
> seeing Peter Pettigrew
> as Scabbers in a newspaper, why did he not do it
> before, why stay there
> for 12 years?
> This might have been a question asked previously but
> I'm new *waves*
> and there are thousands of posts to read through.
> 
> missxunderstud
> 
parisfan writes:

Sirius didn't have any proof that peter was alive
until he saw the newspaper photo.  

It is my understanding of cannon that everyone
including Sirius saw Peter take out 12 people along
with himself and there was no real 'proof' that Peter
had lived. Peter had done a good job of hiding that it
wasn't til the photo of the Weasley's in the daily
profet that there was proof to the contrary.

Remember only a few people knew about Peter being able
to transform into a rat and most assumed he was dead
and gone. but when Sirius saw the photo that gave him
cause to break out. Also keep in mind that Sirius also
blamed himself for the fact he made Peter the secret
keeper so maybe remaining in Azkaban (in his mind) was
suitable pusnishment for what happened.

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