The two younger Thott brothers were escorted out of Scania by a Danish military convoy. The eldest brother, Knud, had already betaken himself to Denmark on his own. Jytte Thott pleaded with King Charles XI of Sweden to pardon her husband, but the king answered that no amount of tears could save Krabbe. After his death, the court declared that Krabbe was the "Antesignanus"(leader and role model) of all Scanians. People in his home province followed his example, so the court could not let his turncoat behaviour pass. They also accused him for his "arga wäsende"(wrathful personality), cowardice and haughty attitude and they feared that his false insistence on being innocent would reach foreign lands and let people in the world believe his rather than the Swedes' version.
