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Other members of the UDR were also questioned about the murder of Sinn Féin member Tommy Casey near Cookstown in October 1990, before being released without charge. An intelligence report indicated the murder was carried out by south Tyrone UVF and that three men named as being involved were UDR soldiers. The suspects were arrested along with two others, also in December 1991.<ref>{{cite news|title=Report reveals three UDR soldiers were questioned over Cappagh killings|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/report-reveals-three-udr-soldiers-were-questioned-over-cappagh-killings-1.4193096|date=5 March 2020|access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> |
Other members of the UDR were also questioned about the murder of Sinn Féin member Tommy Casey near Cookstown in October 1990, before being released without charge. An intelligence report indicated the murder was carried out by south Tyrone UVF and that three men named as being involved were UDR soldiers. The suspects were arrested along with two others, also in December 1991.<ref>{{cite news|title=Report reveals three UDR soldiers were questioned over Cappagh killings|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/report-reveals-three-udr-soldiers-were-questioned-over-cappagh-killings-1.4193096|date=5 March 2020|access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> |
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In October 1992 a former UDR soldier, Rodney Davis, was alleged in court to have admitted copying names, address, and car number plates of republican suspects in south Down from his official UDR notebook and passing them to the UVF.<ref>"Man Guilty", ''Irish Independent'', 23 October 1992.</ref> |
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In 1999, David Jordan, a former UDR soldier, allegedly broke down in a bar and admitted to being part of a patrol that killed [[Irish nationalism|nationalist]] Councillor Patsy Kelly in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9AE0DC07-095C-4DEE-BB32-335224A38224/0/j_j_KERC5130.htm/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081323/http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9AE0DC07-095C-4DEE-BB32-335224A38224/0/j_j_KERC5130.htm/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2011|title=Judgment|date=16 July 2011}}</ref> |
In 1999, David Jordan, a former UDR soldier, allegedly broke down in a bar and admitted to being part of a patrol that killed [[Irish nationalism|nationalist]] Councillor Patsy Kelly in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9AE0DC07-095C-4DEE-BB32-335224A38224/0/j_j_KERC5130.htm/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081323/http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9AE0DC07-095C-4DEE-BB32-335224A38224/0/j_j_KERC5130.htm/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2011|title=Judgment|date=16 July 2011}}</ref> |