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In October 1975 a UDR soldier from [[Islandmagee]], County Down, William Workman, was accused in court of being an active member of the UVF who had for two years instructed UVF members in the usage of firearms. In an alleged police statement Workman had admitted to being a member of the UVF.<ref>''Belfast Telegraph'', 22 October 1975.</ref>
In June 1976 a full-time UDR soldier, Richard Long, based at Carryduff, County Down, shot and killed a Protestant man, David Spratt when he fired several shots into the home of a Catholic man at Comber, County Down. Spratt was the brother-in-law of his intended victim. Long was later sentenced to life imprisonment, having resigned from the UDR as soon as he was arrested and charged.<ref>Ryder p157</ref>
In October 1976 UDR soldier Samuel Farrell from County Fermanagh was charged in the [[Special Criminal Court]] in Dublin with conspiracy and causing an explosion in relation to a loyalist car bomb attack at [[Pettigo]], County Donegal, in September 1973. Farrell admitted to acting as getaway driver on the night of the bombing.<ref>''Belfast Telegraph'', 21 October 1976.</ref>
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