Fortuyn assassin jailed for 18 years
Animal rights activist Volkert van der Graaf had admitted shooting Mr Fortuyn at point-blank range nine days before May 2002 elections that swept the taboo-breaking politician's party into power, saying he saw Mr Fortuyn as a danger to democracy.
"The accused went about his plan to kill the victim with calm consideration," presiding judge Frans Bauduin told an Amsterdam court in a highly charged climax to the Netherlands' most sensational murder trial in years.
