Gerry McCann later apologised to Mrs Fenn for unwanted attention.

[G-Unit]

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.

She wasn't stressed four years later when she told the world about the incident in her book. It seems the lady with the 'plummy voice' had not been forgiven for her perceived lack of sympathy.

[Brietta]

She wasn't stressed four years later when she told the world about the incident in her book. It seems the lady with the 'plummy voice' had not been forgiven for her perceived lack of sympathy.

The book MADELEINE was a record of events written by one of the main witnesses.  She told it as it was.

[stephen25000]

The book MADELEINE was a record of events written by one of the main witnesses.  She told it as it was.

No, just from her personal bias.

[Robittybob1]

No, just from her personal bias.

and she is entitled to do that.

[Alice Purjorick]

and she is entitled to do that.

Indeed she is/was.
One would however be inclined to dump it [the book] in the same bin as The Sound of Music. Unless of course one believes that The Sound of Music was intended as a serious socio-political commentary on 1930s Austria.

[Alfie]

She wasn't stressed four years later when she told the world about the incident in her book. It seems the lady with the 'plummy voice' had not been forgiven for her perceived lack of sympathy.

So, what should she have written about the incident in your view? 

[G-Unit]

So, what should she have written about the incident in your view?

I'm quite content to read what she did write Alfie; most enlightening.

[Alfie]

I'm quite content to read what she did write Alfie; most enlightening.

Really?  In what way have you been enlightened?

[G-Unit]

Really?  In what way have you been enlightened?

That an incident lasting a few moments was remembered for four years and considered important enough to be included in a book about her daughter's disappearance.

[Alfie]

That an incident lasting a few moments was remembered for four years and considered important enough to be included in a book about her daughter's disappearance.

Gosh, what a revelation!

[John]

"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 think that was an incredibly nice gesture given the awful circumstances.  Mrs Fenn was a permanent resident in her apartment immediately above that which the McCanns occupied and from which Madeleine disappeared, afterwards she would have witnessed events on a daily basis as they played out in the streets around block 5.

[misty]

Back to Mrs Fenn. Did the police bombard her with unwanted attention while the McCanns were still residing at OC?

[Brietta]

Back to Mrs Fenn. Did the police bombard her with unwanted attention while the McCanns were still residing at OC?

The police appear to have studiously avoided disturbing Mrs Fenn in the short term.

[ferryman]

The police appear to have studiously avoided disturbing Mrs Fenn in the short term.

I confess, that made me laugh.

But perhaps it shouldn't have.

The underlying point is deadly serious.

[G-Unit]

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?