setting Harrington Sound Primary on fire can be fingerprinted.

Juvenile Court magistrate Carlisle Greaves yesterday heard evidence from both the prosecution and defence lawyers.

Crown counsel Peter Eccles claimed that the evidence showed there were reasonable and probable grounds for taking the fingerprints.

But defence lawyers Saul Froomkin, Richard Horseman, and Delroy Duncan argued that the fingerprints could not be taken as the boys were not going to be tried on indictment.

Mr. Froomkin pointed out that the relevant section of the Criminal Code stated that to take fingerprints, the accused had to be charged with an indictable offence.

Mr. Horseman also argued that the taking of fingerprints would add nothing to the case as the Police already had the footprint evidence which showed that the three defendants were in the school.

A classroom in the main block of the school was set ablaze on the night of February 19.

Some $1 million worth of damage was caused to the school and students in the upper section were forced to attend classes at the old Devon Lane School in Devonshire for the remainder of the school year.

Harrington Sound Primary is expected to reopen for all students on September 15.

HARRINGTON SOUND SCHOOL FIRE ARSON