PICKENS — A Pickens man will spend more than two decades in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old child.

Brandon Jerome Clark, 28, was convicted in court last Thursday of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, 13th Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins said in a news release.

A Pickens County jury found Clark guilty after a four-day trial, according to Wilkins.

Evidence presented by assistant solicitors Britni McCall and Scott Todd during the trial established that Clark assaulted the child at her Pickens home between Feb. 20 and March 20, 2017, Wilkins said.

Judge Donald Hocker sentenced Clark to 25 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections, he said.

Defense attorney Jenny Barwick represented Clark.