was accompanied from the outset by her crime-solving partner Joe Ashworth (David Leon). However, it was during the fourth season that the now 44 year old actor decided to bid farewell to the ITV ...

David Leon, famed for his role as DI Joe Ashworth in Vera, was almost unrecognisable in his early acting days in a BBC drama. The actor first appeared on Vera in 2011 alongside Brenda Blethyn's ...