A Halesowen coach driver is facing jail after he admitted overturning his vehicle because he was drunk at the wheel.

Leslie Weinberg, of Nimmings Road (pictured inset), crashed his National Express coach on a motorway service station slip road injuring all 33 passengers, six of them seriously.

One man had his arm amputated while a 45-year-old woman dislocated both her elbow and shoulder.

Several people suffered head injuries in the smash.

Weinberg, aged 35, pleaded guilty to charges of drink driving and dangerous driving at Aylesbury Crown Court on Monday.

Both charges related to the same incident at Newport Pagnell Service Station on the M1 in Buckinghamshire on September 3 last year.

Emergency services were called just after 4pm when the coach full of passengers, being driven by the drunken defendant, clipped a kerb, hit a lamppost and then a tree before toppling onto its side.

Firefighters had to cut Weinberg, who suffered arm and chest injuries, from the wreckage before he was breathalysed by police.

A blood test later revealed he had 145mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. The legal limit is 80mg.

Judge Christopher Tyrer adjourned the case for sentence until the week beginning May 26 to allow medical reports to be carried out.

The judge also imposed an interim driving ban until that date and warned Weinberg, who was bailed, to prepare for prison.

Judge Tyrer said: "You don't need me to tell you this is serious.

"The circumstances are very grave.

"As a result of your intoxication you mistook where you were and mis-drove the exit of the motorway.

"This is well past the custody threshold and you should prepare for custody accordingly."