18 udr soldiers were convicted of murder and 11 for manslaughter. between 1970 and 1985, 99 were convicted of assault, whilst others were convicted of armed robbery, weapons offences, bombing, intimidation and attacks on catholics, kidnapping, and membership of the uvf. only a small fraction of the 40,000 men and women who served with the regiment were involved in such criminal activities, but the proportion was higher than for the regular british army or ruc.