August 1997 TAG CURB FOR KID SEX BRUTE August 1997 TAG CURB FOR KID SEX BRUTE A sex beast who has said he will rape the first child he finds was electronically tagged yesterday in a unique bid to curb his depravity. Paedophile Graham Stridgeon, 43, From Manchester sparked outrage when he was freed earlier this year after a nine-year sentence for attacking a girl of Ten in a house in Wythenshawe. Stridgeon lured her into his bedroom. He brutally attacked her and threatened to kill her if she told anyone. Police found him roaming the streets clutching a bag of toys and looking for a child. Eight stone, 5ft 2in Stridgeon, also known as Graham Seddon, is now living in a Greater Manchester bail hostel. He is kept under 24-hour surveillance and escorted everywhere. And yesterday he became the only person in Britain electronically tagged while not serving a criminal sentence. Probation officers got Home Office permission for the move and Stridgeon himself is thought to have given his consent. The tag will work by alerting staff at a Securicor control centre if he leaves the hostel.