Mr Parry said: 'I am incredibly disappointed at the verdict of this trial. I believe Brehmer's account of that day to be inconsistent and untruthful.
'As the murder trial heard, he conducted a factory reset on his mobile telephone which has hindered the police investigation and leaves us with an incomplete picture of events on that day.
'I feel we will never truly know exactly what happened.
'What we do know is that Brehmer used such force against Claire that she suffered fractures to her neck, lost consciousness, went into cardiac arrest and eventually died.
'Having used that amount of force, he has failed to render any assistance to her which could have saved her life. As a trained police officer, he would have had the ability to do this.
'Instead, he chose to tell lies from the moment he was discovered by witnesses, stating that Claire had stabbed him.
'He has since admitted that this was a lie and that he inflicted those injuries on himself.
'This lie led to a delay in Claire receiving what could have been lifesaving treatment, a fact that remains incredibly distressing. Brehmer is a well-practised liar with years of experience.
'He has shown himself - as the trial exposed - to be consistently dishonest, deceitful and devious. We do not accept his version of events and all the inconsistencies that it contains.'
'Claire was a caring nurse practitioner who helped many people in a career of over 20 years. She was a loving family member and a doting mother who leaves behind two young children. Her energy and enthusiasm for life were infectious and our lives are poorer without her in them. This trial has been a horrendous ordeal for all of Claire's family and friends.'
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A Dorset Police source told MailOnline: 'A lot of Tim's former colleagues were surprised that he was found not guilty of murder.
'He will now only serve ten years for her manslaughter but will likely be out in half that time on licence.
'When you think that Andrew Parry will never see his wife again and his children will never see their mum again, you have to question if 10-years is a suitable punishment.
'I don't think anybody would think it's nearly enough.
'He has taken a life and in the process left a whole family devastated.'
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Mr Justice Jacobs said ...
'This is a case where I should sentence you on the basis you lost your self-control following the sending of the text message to your wife where the affair was revealed, rather than on the basis that you had no intention to kill or cause really serious harm.
'I am sure that you did deliberately take Claire Parry by the neck applying significant force with your forearm or the crook of your elbow for a period of time while she struggled against you, thereby causing the severe neck injuries which the pathologist described.
'The evidence from the pathologist was that those injuries which she described as 'severe' on a scale of mild, moderate or severe resulted from the application of significant force to the neck for a period of a minimum 10 to 30 seconds and possibly longer.
'She said it was difficult to envisage a situation where a struggle in the car imparted the necessary degree of force or could explain the extent and severity of the neck injuries.
'You were a trained and experienced police officer and your character witnesses described how you would help others.
'Yet you did nothing to try to help Claire Parry. You did not ask her how she was. That was because you knew how she was.
'You could not possibly thought, as you said in your police interview, that she was simply taking a breath.
'You must have known that her body had gone limp after your assault on her. Before you walked to the car park entrance you must have seen how she was - hanging half out of the car.
'It must have been obvious to you as a trained police officer with extensive experience of casualties in traffic accidents that she was not breathing.
'In evidence you said you did not realise she was poorly. I consider that you appreciated that she was much worse than that.
'There was a significant mental and physical suffering caused to the deceased who must have appreciated that her life was being taken from her and who, on the evidence of the bruising to her body, must have fought hard against you, if only for a short while.
'You sought at the scene to blame her for stabbing you and thereby lied to the police and others who are asking you what has happened.
'These lies were in my view particularly serious, bearing in mind that you were a service police officer and the public is entitled to expect a person in your position to tell other police officers the truth.'
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It can also be revealed today that, so distressing was the trial, one juror had to be discharged because of the impact it was having on her mental health.
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