<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A cloud is lingering over the family of a murdered bank teller as a man serving life behind bars challenges DNA evidence used in the notorious case.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Stephen Wayne "Shorty" Jamieson, 59, was convicted in 1990 and sentenced to life in prison for leading a gang of youths in the 1988 abduction, rape and murder of Janine Balding.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Long claiming he was the victim of mistaken identity and had been confused with another "Shorty", Jamieson has been fighting for further DNA testing he claims could clear his name, taking the matter to the NSW Supreme Court.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/shonkys-awards-choice-names-commonwealth-bank-temu-hcf-energy-retailers/100afa9c-2325-4462-a1ec-e1618e6d8c6a" target="_blank"><strong><span>Choice reveals its Shonkys 'award' winners for 2025</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The further inquiry had to come to a conclusion for the sake of Balding's family, the detectives that investigated the bank teller's murder and the community, Justice Ian Harrison said as the case returned to court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The resolution of this issue, whatever it is, is important," the judge said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Once having been raised, there is ... a cloud hanging over these matters."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/cloud-lingers-in-dna-contest-over-notorious-murder-of-sydney-bank-teller-janine-balding/8214c321-14f6-4bf9-8ab9-ae733218ab52" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/crystal-hanley-charlie-nowland-child-abuse-victim-impact-statements/06fa46f7-0ed2-43c5-a819-28d8cddd00e8" target="_blank"><strong><span>Mum joked as six-year-old daughter died from neglect, court hears</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The matter had to be dealt with following the law so some certainty could prevail, Justice Harrison said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jamieson watched silently by audio-visual link from Goulburn Prison as the judge spoke.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His barrister Richard Wilson SC said NSW Police had agreed to provide further information and conduct additional DNA testing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That followed Justice Harrison ruling in February police could be asked to conduct testing on a certain area of a bandana used to gag Balding.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jamieson contends this item of clothing could implicate a 63-year-old man who went by the same nickname: Mark "Shorty" Wayne Wells.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wells' DNA profile had been obtained by NSW Police from Queensland authorities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 63-year-old has denied any involvement in the rape or murder and has never been charged over the crime.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The DNA testing would be expanded to include other areas of the bandana as well as other items connected with the crime, Wilson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The public defender noted there may not be conclusive results from the tests given the age of the incident and the fact Balding's body was found in a body of water.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The state government and police agreed the matter should be resolved soon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But it was difficult to know exactly when the testing would be completed, the judge was told.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Balding's murder shocked the nation in its brutality after the bank teller was grabbed from a Sydney train station by the gang of homeless youths, who repeatedly raped her.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 20-year-old was bound, gagged and thrown over a fence before being held underwater in a dam until she drowned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The matter will return to court on December 17.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>