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.

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.

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.

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.

"The resolution of thi

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