Harare , Zimbabwe ( CNN ) -- A police officer in Zimbabwe who has languished at a police detention barracks for a month for using a toilet reserved for President Robert Mugabe will learn his fate at end of this week following an appeal to his boss . Alois Mabhunu , a homicide detective was sentenced last week to 10 days after he was convicted by an internal police court for responding to a call of nature in a toilet which had been reserved for Mugabe at a trade fair in Zimbabwes second biggest city . On Monday , a relative of Mabhunu said the officer was not represented by a lawyer at the hearing , but is hoping the police commissioner-general , Augustine Chihuri , will overturn the guilty verdict this week . He said he had heard that Chihuri will look at the appeal on Thursday or Friday.Besides serving the 10-day sentence , Mabhunu , a homicide detective , has been demoted and will no longer be allowed to wear plain clothes . Contacted for comment , Wayne Bvudzijena police spokesperson on Monday said the issue of Mabhunu was an internal , purely disciplinary matter on which he could n't comment . Bvudzijen said Mabhunu failed to obey instructions and the law had to take its course . Mabhunu was part of the security team when Mugabe attended the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair last month . He is alleged to have rushed to the VIP toilets reserved for Mugabe and Jean Louis Ekra , head of the African Export Import Bank , who was participating in the opening ceremonies . When he was stopped by other officers guarding the toilets , he obliged , but he later forced his way in . The following day he was arrested , he has been in custody since then .
Police officer on security team at Zimbabwe trade fair had to go , and used VIP toilet . It was reserved for President Robert Mugabe and African Export Import Bank chief . Relative of officer says he hopes the guilty verdict will be overturned this week .