It took a Sevier County jury about an hour to convict a Sevierville man of aggravated rape of a child involving a female relative who was 2 years old at the time of the incident.

Sevierville police charged David Allen Taylor with aggravated rape of a child earlier this year. His trial lasted through the day Thursday.

Prosecutor George Ioannides convinced the jury that Taylor digitally penetrated a young relative while they were both at the home of the child’s maternal grandmother. Taylor admitted to police that he had touched the girl for about 15 seconds after she ran into the room where he was sitting wearing just a towel after a bath, according to a statement he signed that was entered into evidence. He said he started to dry her off, and then put his hand under the towel. He stopped when another person entered the room.

“The defendant, David Taylor, is a confessed child rapist,” Ioannides told the jury. “Today we’re asking you to make him a convicted child rapist.”

Taylor told the investigators he didn’t know why he committed the crime, Ioannides said.

Public defender Michaela Burnham told the jury Taylor was a drug addict, under the influence of the prescription painkiller Oxycontin when the incident occurred and when he spoke to investigators.

Witnesses included the child’s paternal grandmother, who had custody of the girl but had left her to visit other relatives when the incident occurred. She said the girl complained of pain after returning from the visit, and eventually said Taylor had touched her inappropriately. She took the child to the emergency room at that point, a few days after the incident.

A physician confirmed the child had injuries consistent with sexual assault at that time.

Taylor’s sentence will be determined later.