Editing Volkert van der Graaf (section)

=== Third hearing ===
On 29 January 2003, a third "pro forma" hearing was held in which the dates for the trial were set. Since the subject of the trial was expected to be not so much the question of the guilt of Van der Graaf, but instead the degree of the punishment, the report of the Pieter Baan Centrum was considered highly significant, in case it found that he was of "diminished responsibilities". After the completion of the investigation on 14 March, he was returned to his prison cell in the Bijlmerbajes.

The report from the PBC was complete by about 21 March. It found that Van der Graaf could be held completely accountable for the killing. The report also stated that Van der Graaf has a severe [[personality disorder]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/1427685/Fortuyn-killer-gets-18-years.html |title=Fortuyn killer gets 18 years |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182742/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/1427685/Fortuyn-killer-gets-18-years.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which explains his rigid moral judgements. Menno Oosterhoff, a child psychiatrist from [[Groningen]], publicly suggested that the Pieter Baan Centrum may have overlooked the possibility that Van der Graaf has [[Asperger syndrome]]; Oosterhoff later withdrew his theory. The PBC report stated that nothing could be said about the chance of another similar crime occurring, since the disorder had nothing to do with the murder. Van der Graaf agreed that he was accountable and that he had compulsive urges. The outcome of the investigation ensured that he would receive a prison sentence and not "[[Involuntary commitment|TBS treatment]]".