Moments after Shrien Dewani was ruled not guilty of murder, his wife Anni's family told Sky News: "The justice system has failed us."
Ms Dewani's sister Ami Denborg was in tears as she spoke to Sky News Special Correspondent Alex Crawford outside the court in Cape Town.
Asked if the South African authorities had let his family down, her heartbroken father Vinod Hindocha shouted: "Yes, yes, yes."
Ms Denborg had struggled to contain her emotions as she read a family statement outside the courtroom.
She said: "We came here looking for the truth and all we got was more questions. We waited patiently for four years to hear what really happened to our dearest little sister.
"All we wanted to hear was the events ... and that has kept us as a family going. This right has been taken away from us.
"We feel really, really sad because we never heard the full story from Shrien. We heard he led a double life and Anni knew nothing about it."
Her brother Anish collapsed in tears as she said: "The knowledge of not knowing is going to haunt us for the rest of our lives.
"We had four years of sleepless nights and we will we ever be able to sleep."
Anni's uncle Ashok Hindocha also released a statement, saying: "We do not feel we have been presented with the whole story and the decision to end the trial without the defendant offering a defence means we, and the good people of South Africa, the UK and various parts of the world who have followed the case, will always live without ever knowing the complete events that led up to Anni's death.
"We would have preferred that Shrien Dewani went into the witness box and told in his words what happened after he was accused of her murder.
"We know now that he was having gay sex with male prostitutes and declared himself bisexual on the first day of his trial."
He said Ms Dewani would never have agreed to the marriage if she had known about her husband's "secret sex life" and confirmed the family would speak to lawyers about bringing a civil case against Mr Dewani in the UK.
Mr Hindocha added: "As far as Anni's grief-stricken parents are concerned, they would not wish the torture they have endured onto any other mother of father.
"They will live forever with the warm and magical memories of Anni, but these memories will always be tinged with the pain of the fact that closure has not been afforded them."
Mr Dewani's family hugged and cried tears of joy after the verdict was announced.
A relative who spoke through the intercom at the family's home in Bristol told Sky News: "We are very happy."
Nathi Mncube, a spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority, said he believed the authorities were right to pursue the case, despite anger at the amount of taxpayers' money spent to bring Mr Dewani before the court.
He said: "Obviously, we are very disappointed with the outcome today. When we started with the trial this is not what we set out to achieve.
"We believed there was evidence, otherwise we would not have taken the case to court."
Emotions were also running high on the steps of the courthouse, where a lobby group chanted: "Justice for Anni."
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