Acid burnt businessman discharges self from hospital

A day after being hospitalised with suspected acid burns to his forehead and upper body, Linden businessman James Steele was back on the street.

Steele, who was seen midmorning on Monday liming and chatting not far from the bar he operates on Republic Avenue, took self-discharge from the Linden Hospital Complex earlier in the day, Stabroek News was told.

Sources said Steele, popularly known as “Chicken,” had been badly burnt with acid by a woman who