Sara Maitland (16 November) says that banning the niqab while testifying in court should by an extension of logic mean that blind people should not be allowed on juries. After all, the blind jurors, like the judge faced with a woman in a niqab, will not be able to see the evidence-giver’s face.I do not agree. My mother went totally blind at 18 before she met my father. She never saw her four children and she was better than any sighted person at figuring out our small misdemeanours. She had an amazing way of discovering which of us was telling a fib – nothing escaped her. I believe blind people can serve on juries because they have an awareness of the world around them that does not necessitate sight. They are so aware of verbal expression and intonation that I believe they co