Gerry McCann later apologised to Mrs Fenn for unwanted attention.

[Brietta]

Of course, it's not the first time this issue has come up...

...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1914777/Kate-and-Gerry-McCann-hit-out-at-ghoulish-Madeleine-tours-in-Portugal.html

It seems Mrs Fenn wasn't too impressed by the ghouls, nor the staff at the OC.    Of course these were seemingly larger organised tours of Portuguese rubberneckers, not small posses of diligent and learned researchers with important blogs to update for the benefit of all mankind....

"Gerry McCann did come up to apologise to my mother for all the unwanted attention – which was incredibly kind as he has endured a grief and pain that no parent should ever have to withstand.”  Ian Fenn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/8469932/Madeleine-McCann-time-to-forget.html

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[Alice Purjorick]

Is Mrs Fenn now a good guy or a bad guy?
It is so easy to lose track 

[Brietta]

Is Mrs Fenn now a good guy or a bad guy?
It is so easy to lose track 

Ian Fenn ... who probably knew so much more of Mrs Fenn's thinking than any internet detective possibly could ... speaks with great sympathy, understanding and kindness of the McCann's suffering.
Work it out from there.

[ferryman]

Is Mrs Fenn now a good guy or a bad guy?
It is so easy to lose track 

The late Mrs Fenn was a woman.

[G-Unit]

"Gerry McCann did come up to apologise to my mother for all the unwanted attention – which was incredibly kind as he has endured a grief and pain that no parent should ever have to withstand.”  Ian Fenn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/8469932/Madeleine-McCann-time-to-forget.html

I wonder if Mrs Fenn's relatives read Mrs McCann's book?

Then a lady appeared on a balcony – I’m fairly certain this was about 11pm, before the police arrived – and, in a plummy voice, inquired, ‘Can someone tell me what all the noise is about?’ I explained as clearly as I was able, given the state I was in, that my little girl had been stolen from her bed, to which she casually responded, ‘Oh, I see,’ almost as if she’d just been told that a can of beans had fallen off a kitchen shelf. I remember feeling both
shocked and angry at this woefully inadequate and apparently unconcerned reaction. I recollect that in our outrage, Fiona and I shouted back something rather short and to the point. [Madeleine]

Mrs Fenn asked the father, Gerry, what was happening to which he replied that a small girl had been abducted. When asked, she replied that she did not leave her apartment, just spoke to Gerry from her balcony, which had a view over the terrace of the floor below. She found it strange that Gerry when said that a girl had been abducted, he did not mention that it was his daughter and that he did not mention any other scenarios......She also refers to an episode when Gerry was speaking to a policeman and he refused to recognised the police force, saying that more agents of authority were needed to carry out the search.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PAMELA_FENN.htm

[Alfie]

I wonder if Mrs Fenn's relatives read Mrs McCann's book?

Then a lady appeared on a balcony – I’m fairly certain this was about 11pm, before the police arrived – and, in a plummy voice, inquired, ‘Can someone tell me what all the noise is about?’ I explained as clearly as I was able, given the state I was in, that my little girl had been stolen from her bed, to which she casually responded, ‘Oh, I see,’ almost as if she’d just been told that a can of beans had fallen off a kitchen shelf. I remember feeling both
shocked and angry at this woefully inadequate and apparently unconcerned reaction. I recollect that in our outrage, Fiona and I shouted back something rather short and to the point. [Madeleine]

Mrs Fenn asked the father, Gerry, what was happening to which he replied that a small girl had been abducted. When asked, she replied that she did not leave her apartment, just spoke to Gerry from her balcony, which had a view over the terrace of the floor below. She found it strange that Gerry when said that a girl had been abducted, he did not mention that it was his daughter and that he did not mention any other scenarios......She also refers to an episode when Gerry was speaking to a policeman and he refused to recognised the police force, saying that more agents of authority were needed to carry out the search.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PAMELA_FENN.htm

I'd be very surprised if they hadn't read the book.  And your point is?

[G-Unit]

I'd be very surprised if they hadn't read the book.  And your point is?

Gerry McCann had apologised to Mrs Fenn for the unwanted attention, said her son in 2011. Shortly after he said that Mrs McCann published her book, in which she criticises his mother. No bridge building from her. Maybe she forgot to read Mrs Fenn's evidence where she says she spoke to Gerry, not Kate that night.

[sadie]

Gerry McCann had apologised to Mrs Fenn for the unwanted attention, said her son in 2011. Shortly after he said that Mrs McCann published her book, in which she criticises his mother. No bridge building from her. Maybe she forgot to read Mrs Fenn's evidence where she says she spoke to Gerry, not Kate that night.

Maybe she spoke to both of them?  Have you thought about that ?

[Alfie]

Gerry McCann had apologised to Mrs Fenn for the unwanted attention, said her son in 2011. Shortly after he said that Mrs McCann published her book, in which she criticises his mother. No bridge building from her. Maybe she forgot to read Mrs Fenn's evidence where she says she spoke to Gerry, not Kate that night.

I'm sure the Fenns were grown up enough to realise that Kate was writing from the point of view of a woman who had just discovered her child was missing, and therefore that any irritation or stress on her part was understandable in the circumstances.

[Lace]

Gerry McCann had apologised to Mrs Fenn for the unwanted attention, said her son in 2011. Shortly after he said that Mrs McCann published her book, in which she criticises his mother. No bridge building from her. Maybe she forgot to read Mrs Fenn's evidence where she says she spoke to Gerry, not Kate that night.

Can I have a link to where Mrs. Fenn's son said Kate criticised his mother in her book please?

I know Kate mentions someone but not by name.

[G-Unit]

Can I have a link to where Mrs. Fenn's son said Kate criticised his mother in her book please?

I know Kate mentions someone but not by name.

I can see what you mean. That was badly put, and not what I was trying to say. In the second sentence I missed out a comma after 'that'. To make it mean what you took it to mean, the comma would have been after 'after'

As her book was published after his quote, I assumed people would know that. I should have made it clear. Corrected below.

Gerry McCann had apologised to Mrs Fenn for the unwanted attention, said her son in 2011.
Shortly after he said that, Mrs McCann published her book, in which she criticises his mother.

[Angelo222]

I wonder if Mrs Fenn's relatives read Mrs McCann's book?

Then a lady appeared on a balcony – I’m fairly certain this was about 11pm, before the police arrived – and, in a plummy voice, inquired, ‘Can someone tell me what all the noise is about?’ I explained as clearly as I was able, given the state I was in, that my little girl had been stolen from her bed, to which she casually responded, ‘Oh, I see,’ almost as if she’d just been told that a can of beans had fallen off a kitchen shelf. I remember feeling both
shocked and angry at this woefully inadequate and apparently unconcerned reaction. I recollect that in our outrage, Fiona and I shouted back something rather short and to the point. [Madeleine]

Sums them up very nicely.

[Alfie]

"Gerry McCann did come up to apologise to my mother for all the unwanted attention – which was incredibly kind as he has endured a grief and pain that no parent should ever have to withstand.”  Ian Fenn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/8469932/Madeleine-McCann-time-to-forget.html

Sums him up very nicely.

[Brietta]

Sums them up very nicely.

I disagree.
I think it sums up the situation in which they found themselves which probably made everything going on around them pale into insignificance ... even to forgetting the niceties of politeness to old ladies.

Don't you think Mrs Fenn's described response reflects that awkward situation we have all been in at one time or another when we have enquired after the health of an acquaintance from his nearest and dearest, to be told he is dead.
Must be similar to being told the hubbub one is enquiring about is as a result of a child going missing.

[Robittybob1]

reports of a confession of sorts?