The unwanted attention received by Mrs Fenn seems to have been from the media.
On 18th August 2007 the Sun said;
Meanwhile Portuguese cops were again under fire. The woman living in the apartment above the McCanns claimed she had not been spoken to by police until the British team arrived two weeks ago.
The Mirror;
British police reviewed the case two weeks ago. Mrs Fenn will now be formally interviewed for the first time on Monday.
The Express;
Incredibly Mrs Fenn, who lives in the apartment directly above the flat the McCanns were staying in, was never interviewed by Portuguese police, it was claimed yesterday.
It was only when a team of British officers were called in to help carry out a major review of the case that the information was acted on.
"The first time a police officer spoke to her was when the British officers with sniffer dogs knocked on her door and searched her apartment.
"She told an officer what she knew and now she has been asked to make a formal statement.
Asked why the police had not carried out their weekly update meeting with the McCanns.
The source said: "It is not the McCanns who decide when we meet.
"We do that only when there is relevant information to tell them."
Kate and Gerry McCann have still not been briefed on any developments but hope to meet detectives this week.
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id331.html
So from this confused mix of media reports it seems that Mrs Fenn may have spoken to the search team, including Harrison and Grime. As far as is known they certainly didn't search her flat. Someone seems to have told the press what she said before the PJ even interviewed her formally. Hence the 'unwanted attention' Mrs Fenn was subjected to.
Quite why Gerry McCann felt the need to apologise to her is unclear. He wasn't to blame for the behaviour of the press, was he?
Other than, possibly, in respect of the break-in Mrs Fenn was, herself, a victim of, why would anyone have wanted to search Mrs Fenn's flat?
She was a witness, not a suspect.
