Thread:Queen Misery/@comment-24859393-20181020151723/@comment-2059440-20181020164754

not really criminal assault to the extent of malicious intent, I'm afraid - especially since Norman is a serial-killer (even if other character do not know) - basically someone punching someone because they think they have been sleeping with their lover or some other personal insult is not really a malicious act.

to be malicious it has to be more a case of assaulting someone who has done very little to harm you and you don't have any real person reason to attack them other than being cruel / stealing / other criminal intent.