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Subscriber only A Mackay man found himself in a hot mess after he could not explain to hospital staff how he suffered burns to 20 per cent of his body. Mackay Supreme Court heard on Thursday how Dieter Dean Stephens presented at Mackay Base Hospital s emergency department at 11am on August 21, 2019. The 23-year-old was taken to intensive care with face, eyes, neck, hands and feet injuries. Fortunately, your airways were not compromised, Justice Graeme Crow said. The court heard when Stephens could not explain the burns, hospital security alerted police. Police attended hospital and recognised you from CCTV footage obtained in the course of an investigation, Justice Crow said.