The killer of Dutch populist politician Pim Fortuyn was jailed for 18 years today.
Animal rights activist Volkert Van der Graaf, whose trialended two weeks ago, had admitted to shooting Mr Fortuyn atpoint-blank range.
Mr Fortuyn was murdered just days before May 2002 elections that swept his novice party to power. The assassination was the first political killing in The Netherlands in morethan three centuries.