The only mitigation allowed to them was that their servants were permitted to attend upon them.

The only mitigation that would have carried weight in this case was Tarrant pleading guilty and therefore shortening proceedings.

You will remember, as the only mitigation of his crime, that he was not yet one and twenty years of age.

The only mitigation was that they were missing Vincent Kompany and David Silva, with Yaya Touré suffering a hamstring injury during the match.